| Description | Formal document proposing Hertha Ayrton, 41 Kensington Park Gardens, London, for election for Fellowship to the Royal Society. The document contains a full citation listing her qualifications and achievements. Below is a list of supporters from personal knowledge of the candidate. These supporters are: John Perry, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Joseph David Everett, Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici,William Henry Preece, William Augustus Tilden, Norman Lockyer, Raphael Meldola, George Carey Foster. The latter annotated as member of council.
[Mrs. Hertha Ayrton was the first female candidate for Fellowship at the Royal Society.] |