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Authorised form of nameHenderson; George Gerald (1862 - 1942)
Dates1862 - 1942
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of birth30 January 1862
Place of deathTarbert, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire
Date of death28/09/1942
ActivityEducation:
MA; DSc
Memberships:
FIC; FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/05/1916
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 491-502, plate, by J C Irvine and J L Simonsen
CodeNA1373
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1916/10Henderson, George Gerald: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/20/63Referee's report by William Jackson Pope, on a paper 'The selective absorption of ketones' by George Gerald Henderson and Ian Morris HeilbronNovember 1913
NLB/53/485Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Gerald] Henderson, FRS10 October 1916
RR/26/110Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'The catalytic activity of copper.—Part II' by William George Palmer[April 1921]
RR/27/121Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'The catalytic activity of copper - Part III' by W G PalmerFebruary 1922
RR/26/111Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'Some experiments on the catalytic reduction of ethylene to ethane' by Dorothy Muriel Palmer and William George Palmer[April 1921]
RR/30/29Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'The catalytic action of copper. Part VI.—An explanation of the reproducibility of the catalyst, and of the period change in its activity, together with some experiments on the activation of the catalyst by alternate oxidation and reduction' by F H Constable[November 1924]
NLB/65/495Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Alexander Scott, FRS8 November 1923
NLB/72/740Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Gerald] Henderson, FRS31 March 1930
NLB/66/466Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to to Prof. [Arthur William] Crossley, FRS15 May 1924
RR/32/8Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'A study of catalytic actions at solid surfaces. Part XIII - Some factors controlling selective hydrogenation, with particular reference to certain terpene derivatives' by Edward Frankland Armstrong and Thomas Percy HilditchMarch 1925
NLB/66/551Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur William] Crossley, FRS29 May 1924
RR/30/30Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'The catalytic action of copper. Part VII.—A study of the effect of pressure on the rate of dehydrogenation of alcohols' by F H Constable[November 1924]
RR/31/36Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'The catalytic action of copper. Part IV.—The periodic variation of the activity with temperature of reduction' by William George Palmer and F Hurn Constable[May 1924]
RR/32/57Referee's report by George Gerald Henderson, on a paper 'Gaseous combustion at medium pressures. Part I. —Carbon monoxide air explosions in a closed vessel. Part II. —Methane-air explosions in a closed vessel' by R W FenningSeptember 1925
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