| Authorised form of name | Cumming; James (1777 - 1861) |
| Dates | 1777 - 1861 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | St James, Westminster, England |
| Date of birth | 24 October 1777 |
| Place of death | North Runcton, near King's Lynn, Norfolk |
| Date of death | 10 November 1861 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Marlborough School; Trinity College Cambridge. BA (1801), MA (1804)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1803); Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge (1815-1861); Proctor, University of Cambridge (1818); Rector, North Runcton, Norfolk (1819-1861); wrote on electricity and galvanism; constructed electroscopes; is reputed to have been a discoverer of thermo-electricity; wrote 'A manual of electro-dynamics'
Memberships:
FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/01/1816 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1832-1834 |
| Relationships | Son of James Cumming of London |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/37699620 |
| Code | NA3495 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1815/19 | Cumming, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/1/54 | Referee's report by James Cumming and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Some experiments and observations on the combinations of carbonic acid and ammonia' by John Davy | [1830] |
| RR/1/259 | Referee's report by William Whewell and James Cumming on an unnamed paper by Charles Wheatstone | [c.1830] |
| CMP/1/1 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 1 December 1832 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/54 | Letter from [James] Cumming, Cambridge, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society | 21 October 1832 |
| MC/2/55 | Letter from Charles Hatchett, Belle Vue House, Chelsea, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 October 1832 |
| RR/1/138 | Referee's report by James Cumming, on a paper 'On certain properties of vapour' by Dionysius Lardner | [c.1832] |