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Authorised form of nameSmithells; Arthur (1860 - 1939)
Dates1860 - 1939
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBury, Lancashire, England
Date of birth24 May 1860
Place of deathHighgate, London
Date of death08/02/1939
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
BSc (Lond)
Honours:
CMG 1918
Memberships:
FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1901
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1916-1917
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 97-107, plate, by H S Raper
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/20457552
CodeNA1350
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1901/12Smithells, Arthur: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004293Smithells, Arthurnd
NLB/52/646Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Arthur Smithells, FRS2 February 1916
NLB/7/877Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Arthur Smithells19 May 1893
NLB/18/334Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [A] Smithells23 February 1899
NLB/17/483Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Smithells, [Fellow of the Royal Society], North Grange Road, Headingley, Leeds8 November 1898
NLB/17/484Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society]24[?] October 1898
NLB/18/70Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Smithells9 January 1899
NLB/17/718Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Arthur Smithells [Fellow of the Royal Society], H M Dason and H A Wilson[9 December 1898]
NLB/31/852Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Smithells, Fellow of the Royal Society24 November 1905
NLB/36/423Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Schuster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee28 October 1907
NLB/48/526Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, Fellow of the Royal Society18 July 1913
NLB/48/448Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, Fellow of the Royal Society7 July 1913
NLB/54/317Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS31 March 1917
NLB/51/411Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Arthur Smithells FRS15 March 1915
NLB/52/639Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Arthur Smithells, FRS2 February 1916
NLB/56/335Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Arthur] Smithells, FRS14 January 1919
NLB/55/169Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Arthur] Smithells, FRS04 January 1918
RR/41/29Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal. Part VI.—Its benzenoid constitution as shown by its oxidation with alkaline permanganate' by William Arthur Bone, Laurence Horton and Stacey G WardApril 1930
NLB/57/835Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS, CMG18 February 1920
RR/37/22Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'A photographic investigation of flame movements in carbonic oxide-oxygen explosions' by William Arthur Bone and Reginald P Fraser1928
NLB/63/760Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS, The University, Leeds11 December 1922
NLB/66/281Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur] Smithells, FRS2 April 1924
NLB/67/132Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS1 November 1924
RR/21/26Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Gaseous combustion at high pressures' by William Arthur Bone, Hamilton Davies, H H Gray, Herbert H Henstock and J B Dawson22 April 1915
NLB/65/767Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS21 December 1923
NLB/67/197Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Registrar; the University of Leeds12 November 1924
NLB/66/214Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur] Smithells, FRS18 March 1924
NLB/67/869Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Smithells, FRS30 March 1925
NLB/69/915Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Bate] Hardy, FRS and to Prof. [Arthur] Smithells, FRS16 November 1926
NLB/71/154Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur] Smithells, C.M.G., FRS23 January 1928
NLB/71/721Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur] Smithells., C. M. G., FRS12 October 1928
NLB/66/103Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur William] Crossley, FRS.22 February 1924
NLB/22/505Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Smithells, [Fellow of the Royal Society] North Grange Road, Headingley, Leeds24 May 1901
RR/26/15Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal. Part II .— The resinic constituents and coking propensities of coals' by William Arthur Bone, A R Pearson, E Sinkinson and W E Stockings24 October 1921
NLB/55/577Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to William Foster Esq., C.I.E., Registar & Superintendent of Records, India Office17 June 1918
RR/14/93Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and luminosity of flames containing vaporised salts' by Arthur Smithells, Harry Medforth Dawson and Harold Albert Wilson21 November 1898
RR/30/13Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal.—Part III. The extraction of coals by benzene under pressure' by William Arthur Bone, A R Pearson and R Quarendon[April 1924]
RR/14/94Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and luminosity of flames containing vaporised salts' by Arthur Smithells, Harry Medforth Dawson and Harold Albert Wilson24 November 1898
RR/37/23Referee's report by Arthur Smithells, on a paper 'Researches on the chemistry of coal. Part V.—The maturing of coal considered from the standpoint of its benzene-pressure-extraction' by William Arthur Bone, Laurence Horton and Louis J TeiJuly 1928
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