| Authorised form of name | Besant; William Henry (1828 - 1917) |
| Dates | 1828 - 1917 |
| Place of birth | Portsea, Hampshire, England |
| Date of birth | 01 November 1828 |
| Date of death | 02/06/1917 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
St John's College, Cambridge. BA (1850), MA
Career:
Mathematical Lecturer, St John's College, Cambridge (for 35 years)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1871 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of William Besant, merchant, of Portsmouth and his wife Sarah Ediss, daughter of a builder and architect of Dibdin; elder brother of Sir Walter Besant, novelist; married (1861) Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Willis (FRS 1830) (she died 1911) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42203814 |
| Royal Society code | NA1319 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1871/01 | Besant, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/12/686 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Henry Besant, Fellow of the Royal Society, Spring Lawn, Harvey Road, Cambridge | 10 April 1896 |
| NLB/54/576 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William] Burnside, FRS | 25 June 1917 |
| RR/9/219 | Referee's report by William Henry Besant, on a paper 'On the motion of fluid, part of which is moving rotationally and part irrotationally' by Micaiah John Muller Hill | 8 March 1884 |
| IM/Maull/000353 | Besant, William Henry | nd |
| MC/19/60 | Letter from [William Henry] Besant, Spring Lawn, 4 Harvey Road, Cambridge, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 July 1904 |
| MC/19/61 | Letter from [William Henry] Besant, Spring Lawn, 4 Harvey Road, Cambridge, to the Royal Society | 17 December 1904 |
| MC/23/50 | Letter from [William Henry] Besant, Spring Lawn, 4 Harvey Road, Cambridge, to The Royal Society | 26 March 1908 |
| MC/23 | Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1908 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |