| Authorised form of name | Farren; Sir; William Scott (1892 - 1970) |
| Dates | 1892 - 1970 |
| Date of birth | 03 April 1892 |
| Date of death | 03/07/1970 |
| Activity | Honours:
MBE 1918; CB 1943; Kt 1952
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/03/1945 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1971 vol 17 pp 215-241, plate, by G P Thomson and A A Hall |
| Code | NA872 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/8373 | Farren, Sir William Scott | nd |
| IM/GA/WRS/8373/E | Farren, Sir William Scott | nd |
| NLB/67/531 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Geoffrey Ingram] Taylor, FRS | 16 January 1925 |
| NLB/67/244 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS | 20 November 1924 |
| IM/GA/WS/3544 | Farren, Sir William Scott | nd |
| IM/GA/WRS/8373/F | Farren, Sir William Scott | nd |
| PB/1/33/2 | Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society | 1956 |
| EC/1945/02 | Farren, Sir William Scott: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MDA/N/1/149 | Correspondence between William Scott Farren and the Royal Society | 9 July 1949-23 March 1962 |