| Authorised form of name | Boys; Samuel Francis (1911 - 1972) |
| Dates | 1911 - 1972 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 20/12/1911 |
| Date of death | 16/10/1972 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1972 |
| Age at election | 60 |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 95-115, plate, by C A Coulson |
| Royal Society code | NA1119 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/GRS/6208 | Boys, Samuel Francis | nd |
| RR/55/57 | Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The absorption spectra of complex molecules. Part I. The theoretical calculation of the critical frequencies of a molecule' by Samuell Francis Boys | 26 July 1935 |
| RR/71/48 | Referee's report by Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner | 6 October 1948 |
| RR/71/47 | Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner | 17 October 1948 |
| RR/72/44 | Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 19 September 1949 |
| RR/72/42 | Referee's report by William George Penney, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys | 30 October 1949 |
| RR/72/43 | Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 September 1949 |
| EC/1972/07 | Boys, Samuel Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/49/32 | Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry and John Edward Lennard-Jones, on two papers 'Optical rotatory power. I—A theoretical calculation for a molecule containing only isotropic refractive centres' and 'Optical rotatory power. II.—The calculation of the rotatory power of a molecule containing four refractive radicals at the corners of an irregular tetrahedron' by Samuel Francis Boys | [December 1933] |