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Authorised form of nameFlett; Sir; John Smith (1869 - 1947)
Dates1869 - 1947
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKirkwall, Orkney
Date of birth26 June 1869
Place of deathAshdon, Essex
Date of death26/01/1947
Research fieldGeology
Petrology
ActivityEducation:
MA; MB; CM; DSc
Honours:
KBE 1925; OBE 1918
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/05/1913
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 689-696, plate, by H H Read
CodeNA1146
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/001452Flett, Sir John Smithnd
NLB/27/8Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]16 June 1903
NLB/38/126Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]17 June 1908
RR/15/293Referee's report by John Wesley Judd, on a paper 'Report on the recent eruption of the Soufrière, St Vincent, and of a visit to Mount Pelée, Martinique' by Tempest Anderson and John Smith Flett12 November 1902
RR/17/281Referee's report by Archibald Geikie, on a paper 'Photographical notes on the products of the eruptions of May 1902 at the Soufriere in St Vincent' by John Smith Flett6 February 1908
NLB/25/300Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]14 October 1902
NLB/25/95Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]8 August 1902
NLB/25/276Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Geological Museum8 October 1902
NLB/25/468Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]8 November 1902
NLB/25/580Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]21 November 1902
NLB/25/445Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Geological Survey, Jermyn Street6 November 1902
NLB/25/749Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]18 December 1902
NLB/26/175Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr John Smith Flett, Fellow of the Royal Society3 February 1903
NLB/26/81Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr John Smith Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Geological Survey, S.W.26 January 1903
NLB/26/497Copy memo from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr [John Smith] Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]31 March 1903
NLB/26/590Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr [John Smith] Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]27 April 1903
NLB/26/491Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr [John Smith] Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Geological Survey31 March 1903
NLB/37/194Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr J [John] S [Smith] Flett13 February 1908
NLB/37/66Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J S Flett17 January 1908
NLB/37/893Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J [John] S [Smith] Flett1 June 1908
NLB/37/180Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward FRS7 February 1908
RR/17/280Referee's report by Alfred Harker, on a paper 'Photographical notes on the products of the eruptions of May 1902 at the Soufriere in St Vincent' by John Smith Flett3 February 1908
NLB/53/270Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Smith] Flett, FRS23 June 1916
EC/1913/07Flett, Sir John Smith: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/41/55Referee's report by John Smith Flett, on a paper 'The relationship of climatic and geological factors to the composition of soil clay and the distribution of soil types' by Edward Mortimer CrowtherJune 1930
IM/001451Flett, Sir John Smith1922
RR/20/117Referee's report by John Smith Flett, on a paper 'On a meteoric iron from winburg, orange free state' by W A Douglas Rudge10 December 1913
NLB/68/939Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Flett, FRS4 December 1925
NLB/67/733Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John Smith] Flett, FRS24 February 1925
NLB/67/136Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John Smith] Flett, FRS1 November 1924
NLB/71/307Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Smith] Flett, FRS23 March 1928
MC/18Volume 18 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1903
RR/15/292Referee's report by Thomas George Bonney, on a paper 'Report on the recent eruption of the Soufrière, St Vincent, and of a visit to Mount Pelée, Martinique' by Tempest Anderson and John Smith FlettNovember 1902
NLB/37/272Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J [John] S [Smith] Flett, Geological Survey Office, 28 Jermyn Street, SW24 February 1908
MC/18/93Letter from John [Smith] Flett, Geological Survey and Museum, 28 Jermyn Street, London, to [Walter] White23 January 1903
MC/18/94Letter from John [Smith] Flett, Geological Survey and Museum, 28 Jermyn Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison28 March 1903
MC/18/95Letter from John [Smith] Flett, Geological Survey and Museum, 28 Jermyn Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison1 April 1903
NLB/43/249Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [John Smith] Flett, [Fellow of the Royal Society]29 November 1910
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