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Authorised form of nameThomson; John Millar (1849 - 1933); chemist
Dates1849 - 1933
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGlasgow College Buildings, High Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of birth07 March 1849
Place of death86 Addison Road, Kensington, London, W14 8ED, England
Date of death22/03/1933
OccupationChemist
Research fieldInorganic chemistry
Organic chemistry
Chemistry
ActivityEducation:
Glasgow High School; University of Glasgow
Career:
Worked in a chemistry laboratory (1866-1871), assisting Professor Anderson from 1869; assistant demonstrator of chemistry, King’s College, London (1871-1879); followed by demonstrator of chemistry (1879-1887); lecturer of photography (1879-1914); professor of chemistry (1887-1905); Dean of the Science Department (1888-1893); Dean of the Division of Natural Science in the Science Faculty (1894-1896); Lecturer of Advanced Chemistry at King’s College Ladies Department (1898-1899); Daniell Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry (1905-1914); Vice Principal (1905-1914); Emeritus Professor of Chemistry (1914-1933).
Memberships:
Chemical Society (Council; Hon Sec 1883-189); Senior Sec 1893-1898; VP 1898-1901 and 1923-1926).
Institute of Chemistry (President 1900-1903).
Royal Society of Arts (Secretary of the Chemical Section 1879-1886).
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1897
Age at election48
ProposerAugust Dupre
Harold Baily Dixon
Hermann Johann Phillipp Sprengel
George Carey Foster
John Young Buchanan
Joseph Henry Gilbert
William Ramsay
F R Lapp
Archibald Liverisdge
George Harley
Edward Frankland
John Hopkinson
Arthur Schuster
Harry Govier Seeley
Edward Emanuel Klein
Gerald Francis Yeo
Peter Martin Duncan
William Aitken
James Emerson Reynolds
John Perry
Walter Noel Hartley
Henry Enfield Roscoe
William Crookes
John Hall Gladstone
William Grylls Adams
Hugo Muller
Lionel Beale
William James Russell
William Thomson
Alex Crum Brown
Joseph Lister
RelationshipsParents: Allen Thomson (FRS 1848), professor of anatmy, and Ninian Jane Hill.
Spouse: Louisa Thomson, daughter of Dr. Charles Arthur Aikin.
Children: Allen Bernard Thomson; Charles Gilbert Thomson; Nina Catherine Makepeace; Elinor Juliet Robertson and Edith Mary Thomson.
OtherInfoContributed to the study of the chemistry of pigments, putrefaction and antisepsis; the compositon and properties of ancient glasses; the chemistry of building materials; optical properties of double salts of nickel and salt.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Victorian Lives, King's College London, Thomson, John Millar, on [URL: https://kingscollections.org/victorianlives/s-u/thomson-john-millar; last accessed 23/10/2024].
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 91-94, plate, signed by H J
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/47038352
CodeNA930
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/004551Thomson, John Millarnd
EC/1897/23Thomson, John Millar: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/63/228Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Millar Thomson, FRS19 July 1922
IM/GA/Russell/94398Thomson, John Millarnd
NLB/1/67Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir John Millar Thomson 16 February 1886
NLB/1/489Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Secretary of the Chemical Section [of the Royal Society of Arts]5 July 1887
NLB/10/989Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John Millar Thomson, 53 Princes Gardens, Bayswater, W. 19 March 1895
NLB/17/252Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society22 September 1898
NLB/54/62Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Messrs Harrison & Sons29 January 1917
NLB/18/702Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor J M Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society26 April 1899
NLB/18/703Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to [Professor G C] Foster26 April 1899
NLB/18/741Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John M Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 85 Addison Road, W.2 May 1899
NLB/22/167Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [James Millar] Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society15 March 1901
NLB/29/340Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society26 September 1904
NLB/33/478Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 9 Campden Hill Gardens, W.10 September 1906
NLB/33/596Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 9 Campden Hill Gardens, W. 5 October 1906
NLB/37/645Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] M [Millar] Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society24 April 1908
NLB/37/643Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir William Crookes, Fellow of the Royal Society24 April 1908
NLB/45/742Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] M [Millar] Thomson FRS1 May 1912
NLB/58/741Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS14 June 1920
NLB/45/747Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] M [Millar] Thomson FRS2 May 1912
NLB/46/736Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Millar Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society26 October 1912
NLB/46/760Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society30 October 1912
NLB/50/844Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chemical Society17 November 1914
NLB/60/862Copy letter from A. H. White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS18 April 1921
NLB/60/57Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS6 December 1920
NLB/56/82Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Millar Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS15 November 1918
NLB/63/626Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS; to Dr. [Charles] Chree, FRS18 November 1922
NLB/58/541Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS19 May 1920
NLB/58/92Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Millar Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS12 March 1920
NLB/55/508Copy letter from Miss Maud K. Jukes, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John] Millar Thomson, FRS03 May 1918
NLB/58/619Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS31 May 1920
NLB/58/83Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS12 March 1920
NLB/58/86Copy letter from [Alfred Hastings] White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS12 March 1920
NLB/59/98Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS16 July 1920
NLB/61/354Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Secretary of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences; Munich23 June 1921
NLB/61/351Copy letter from [Alfred Hastings] White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS22 June 1921
NLB/55/500Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS01 May 1918
NLB/59/31Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS12 July 1920
NLB/59/537Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS15 October 1920
NLB/59/215Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS27 July 1920
NLB/59/741Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS8 November 1920
NLB/60/165Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS16 December 1920
NLB/61/399Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS1 July 1921
NLB/60/374Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS24 January 1921
NLB/67/367Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Millar Thomson, FRS9 December 1924
NLB/57/58Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr J [John] Millar Thomson, FRS11 July 1919
NLB/57/84Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr J [John] Miller Thomson, FRS16 July 1919
NLB/57/554Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent3 December 1919
NLB/61/232Copy letter from [Alfred Hastings] White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS3 June 1921
NLB/57/309Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS13 October 1919
NLB/61/511Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS14 July 1921
NLB/57/566Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr J [John] Millar Thomson, FRS5 December 1919
NLB/61/366Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Secretary of the Sachsische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Leipzig23 June 1921
NLB/61/357Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Secretary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences; Berlin23 June 1921
NLB/61/369Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Budapest23 June 1921
NLB/62/314Copy letter from Frederick Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS20 January 1922
NLB/64/521Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS30 April 1923
NLB/55/931Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Millar] Thomson, FRS29 October 1918
NLB/64/187Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Millar Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS21 February 1923
NLB/57/502Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr J [John] Millar Thomson, FRS19 November 1919
NLB/57/691Copy letter from John M [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee of the Royal Society; to Professor JW [John William] Nicholson, FRS, Chairman of the Sectional Committee of Mathematics16 January 1920
NLB/63/376Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS04 October 1922
NLB/63/628Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS; to Dr. [James Whitbread Lee] Glaisher, FRS18 November 1922
NLB/65/684Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS7 December 1923
NLB/65/681Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Israel Gollancz, Secretary of the British Academy6 December 1923
NLB/67/82Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Schuster, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society16 October 1924
NLB/67/88Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS18 October 1924
NLB/66/431Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John] Miller Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee, FRS8 May 1924
NLB/67/888Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS1 April 1925
NLB/69/300Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John] Millar Thomson, FRS24 February 1926
NLB/68/472Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Millar Thomson, FRS15 July 1925
NLB/70/112Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Millar Thomson, FRS6 January 1927
NLB/69/273Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John Millar] Thomson, FRS19 February 1926
NLB/70/342Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, FRS9 March 1927
NLB/69/783Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Clarke] Simpson, C.B.E., FRS11 October 1926
NLB/70/644Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Millar Thomson, FRS18 June 1927
NLB/61/358Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Secretary of the Academy of Sciences; Vienna23 June 1921
NLB/60/799Copy letter from [Alfred Hastings] White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee and FRS7 April 1921
NLB/62/570Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Members of the Library Committee14 March 1922
NLB/57/653Copy letter from AH White, Assistant Librarian of the Royal Society; to Professor JM [John Millar] Thomson, FRS7 January 1920
NLB/58New Letter Book volume 58, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration28 February 1920-9 July 1920
NLB/59New Letter Book volume 59, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1920-2 December 1920
NLB/60New Letter Book volume 60, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration2 December 1920-26 April 1921
NLB/61New Letter Book volume 61, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration26 April 1921-11 November 1921
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
MC/16/112Letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Honorary Secretary of the Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, to Professor [Michael] Foster25 April 1894
MC/16Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1893-1896
MC/33/163Letter from John [Millar] Thomson, 55 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, W.8., to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]8 May 1918
MC/33/162Letter from John [Millar] Thomson, 55 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, W.8., to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]4 January 1918
ACS/1/1/405Letter from John [Millar] Thomson, 55 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, W. 8., to Mr [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton3 January 1918
ACS/1/2/6/13Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton], 40 Chester Square, S. W., to Alice [Susan Lucy Swinton]20 June 1920
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