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Authorised form of nameBrown; Ernest William (1866 - 1938)
Dates1866 - 1938
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHull, England
Date of birth29 November 1866
Place of deathNew Haven, Connecticut, USA
Date of death22 or 24 July 1938
Research fieldCelestial mechanics
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1898
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1914
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Death date from DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 19-22, plate, by C G Darwin
Notes:
YB and TR give date of death as 24 July 1938.
Royal Society codeNA1720
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1898/04Brown, Ernest William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/000601Brown, Ernest Williamnd
NLB/16/596Copy letter of a notice from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [The Times]5 May 1898
NLB/19/224Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Ernest William Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society13 July 1899
NLB/19/348Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences19 August 1899
NLB/19/390Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Ernest William Brown, [Fellow of the Royal Society]9 September 1899
NLB/28/540Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Ernest William Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society25 March 1904
NLB/28/599Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Ernest William Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society15 April 1904
NLB/32/418Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society27 February 1906
NLB/36/745Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons10 December 1907
NLB/45/386Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] W [William] Brown FRS26 February 1912
NLB/50/808Copy letter from Arthur Schuster, to Professor Ernest William Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society5 November 1914
NLB/50/223Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Ernest William] Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society26 May 1914
NLB/50/360Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Ernest William] Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society, Christ's College, Cambridge24 June 1914
NLB/51/137Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Ernest William Brown FRS18 December 1914
NLB/51/256Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Ernest William Brown25 January 1915
NLB/60/854Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] Brown, FRS15 April 1921
NLB/60/517Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] Brown, FRS17 February 1921
NLB/60/613Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor John Lloyd Newcomb, Chairman of the Centennial Committee; University of Virginia3 March 1921
IM/000600Brown, Ernest Williamnd
EC/1898/05Brown, Ernest William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/603/1/136Letter from Ernest William Brown, 116 Everit Street, Yale University, New Haven, to Joseph Larmor20 January 1915
MS/603/1/135Letter from Ernest William Brown, 116 Everit Street, Yale University, New Haven, to Joseph Larmor19 January 1910
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