| RefNo | EC/1938/14 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 259; A06348 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Schonland, Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | 1851 Exhibitioner, 1928; Carnegie Travelling Fellow, 1934. Secretary, Royal Society of South Africa, 1929-34. Chairman, Lightning Research Committee, S.A. Institute of Electrical Engineers, since 1932. President of Section A, S.A. Association for the Advancement of Science, 1935. 20 published papers, including 13 in Proc. R Soc (A) since 1922. His researches have been concerned with the passage of B particles and of cathode rays through matter; the electrical nature and polarity of thunderstorms; the relations between cosmic rays and thunderstorms; the intensity of cosmic variation; the nature of lightning and the spark discharge; the nature of atmospherics. He is directing a team of 12 research workers (including 7 University lecturers) in Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria, engaged in investigations on the nature of atmospherics and lightning. Author of monograph on "Atmospheric Electricity", Methuen 1932 |
| Proposers | H Spencer Jones; C V Boys; F W Dyson; Rutherford; C T R Wilson; E V Appleton; J Chadwick; C D Ellis; George C Simpson; G P Thomson; R Stoneley; S Chapman; J C Smuts; R Whiddington; E N da C Andrade |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | NLB/64/675 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6907 | Schonland; Sir; Basil Ferdinand Jamieson (1896 - 1972) | 1896 - 1972 |