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RefNoEC/1932/02
Previous numbersCert XIV, 119; A00651
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TitleBlack, Davidson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionDate stamp on reverse
CitationDistinguished for his researches in comparative neurology, in particular the demonstration that the cranial motor nuclei in Amphibia accord with the conception of the derivation of the latter from Crossopterygian-like ancestors (The Motor Nuclei of the Cerebral Nerves in Phylogeny, Journ Comp Neurol, Vols 27, 28, 33 and 34, 1917-1922), and in human palaeontology. His recognition of the generic qualities of a hitherto unknown type of Pleistocene man on the morphological characters of a single tooth (Palaeontologica Sinica, Vol 7, 1927) was a brilliant achievement, which was subsequently justified by the discovery of fragments of two jaws and a brain case, the immense importance and significance of which have been interpreted with insight and judgment by him in numerous papers (on 'Sinanthropus', especially Bull Geol Society, China , 1928, 1929 and 1930).
ProposersArthur Keith; G Elliot Smith; D M S Watson; Jas P Hill; J T Wilson; John S B Stopford; A B Macallum, C S Sherrington
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Black, Davidson: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1699Black; Davidson (1884 - 1934)1884 - 1934
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