| Authorised form of name | Snelus; George James (1837 - 1906) |
| Dates | 1837 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Camden Town, London, England |
| Date of birth | 25 June 1837 |
| Place of death | Ennerdale Hall, Frizington, Cumberland |
| Date of death | 18/06/1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Arlecdon parish church, Cumberland |
| Occupation | Metallurgist |
| Activity | Education:
Teacher training; Royal School of Mines
Career:
Patented a method of removing phorphorus from molten pig iron (1872); an expert rifle shot
Memberships:
ARSM; FCS; MIME
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1887 |
| Relationships | Son of James Snelus, master builder, and his wife Susannah; married (1867) Lavinia Whitfield, daughter of David Woodward, silk manufacturer of Macclesfield |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1906-1907 vol 78 pp lx-lxi signed by J E S |
| Code | NA7130 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1887/15 | Snelus, George James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/004299 | Snelus, George James | nd |
| IM/Maull/004300 | Snelus, George James | nd |
| NLB/5/1136 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Percy Carlyle Gilchrist, 101 Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, S.W. | 8 January 1892 |
| MC/26/30 | Letter from William [Arthur] Bone, The University, Leeds, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, London | 18 June 1911 |