| Authorised form of name | Mercer; James (1883 - 1932) |
| Dates | 1883 - 1932 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 15 January 1883 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 21/02/1932 |
| Research field | Pure mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
MA
Career:
Fellow and Lecturer of Christ's College, Cambridge
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/05/1922 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 164-165, plate, by Ernest William Hobson |
| Code | NA1237 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1922/08 | Mercer, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/18/63 | Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Sturm-Liouville series of normal functions in the theory of integral equations' by James Mercer | April 1910 |
| RR/17/322 | Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer | January 1908 |
| RR/17/323 | Referee's report by Thomas John I'anson Bromwich, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer | 10 February 1909 |
| NLB/39/616 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor A [Augustus] E [Edward] H [Hough] Love, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 February 1909 |
| RR/33/122 | Referee's report by James Mercer, on a paper 'A class of integral equations occuring in physics' by D M Wrich and J Nicholson | October 1925 |
| NLB/58/601 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to James Mercer Esquire, FRS; Christ's College, Cambridge | 28 May 1920 |
| NLB/58/502 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. James Mercer; 4 Alexandra Drive, Aintree, Liverpool | 13 May 1920 |
| RR/18/64 | Referee's report by Alfred Cardew Dixon, on a paper 'Sturm-Liouville series of normal functions in the theory of integral equations' by James Mercer | May 1910 |
| RR/17/324 | Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer | April 1909 |