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Authorised form of nameWhitaker; William (1836 - 1925)
Dates1836 - 1925
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth04 May 1836
Date of death15/01/1925
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
University College, London. BA
Career:
Staff, Geological Survey of England and Wales (1857-1896); District Surveyor, Geological Survey of England and Wales (1886)
Memberships:
FGS (President); AICE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1887
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1925 vol 97 pp ix-xii, plate, signed by A S
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/204006711
CodeNA1749
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/Maull/004861Whitaker, Williamnd
NLB/1/742Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker25 November 1887
NLB/4/34Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, 22 East Park Terrace, Southampton23 January 1890
NLB/16/29Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons17 January 1898
NLB/7/672Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society8 April 1893
NLB/10/547Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society14 December 1894
NLB/13/599Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 October 1896
NLB/19/98Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, Freda, Campden Road, Croydon19 June 1899
NLB/16/901Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to W Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society29 June 1898
NLB/22/451Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society17 May 1901
NLB/20/590Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Thomas Edward Thorpe, Sir Clements Markham, Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Professor Oliver Joseph Lodge, and William Whitaker, [Fellow of the Royal Society]25 May 1900
NLB/21/578Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Geologists's Association12 December 1900
MC/19/847Letter from [William] Whitaker, Freda, Campden Road, Croydon, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison4 February 1904
NLB/28/237Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society 3 February 1904
NLB/30/461Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society28 March 1905
NLB/37/28Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Whitaker FRS13 January 1908
NLB/39/676Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society22 February 1909
NLB/39/371Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society12 January 1909
NLB/39/370Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Secretary, Kings College12 January 1909
NLB/39/660Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to W [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society20 February 1909
NLB/39/684Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society24 February 1909
NLB/41/334Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society22 November 1909
NLB/41/385Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society3 December 1909
NLB/41/396Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society7 December 1909
NLB/42/434Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Whitker FRS, 3 Camden Road, Croyden, Chairman of the Sectional Committee for Geology10 June 1910
NLB/50/752Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William] Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society30 October 1914
NLB/58/168Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to William Whitaker Esquire, FRS22 March 1920
NLB/55/487Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William] Whitaker Esq., FRS26 April 1918
NLB/55/46Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William] Whitaker Esq., FRS15 November 1917
NLB/65/870Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William] Whitaker Esq, FRS21 January 1924
NLB/67/733Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John Smith] Flett, FRS24 February 1925
NLB/67/626Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Aubrey Strahan, KBE, FRS2 February 1925
NLB/67/660Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Aubrey Strahan, KBE, FRS10 February 1925
NLB/68/137Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to H. S. Whitaker Esq.; Wellesley Court Club, Wellesley Road, Croydon19 May 1925
NLB/67/579Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George William] Lamplugh, FRS23 January 1925
EC/1887/17Whitaker, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/12/203Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, 33 East Park Terrace, Southampton3 January 1896
MC/14/273Letter from [William Whitaker], Southampton, to [Herbert] Rix27 November 1887
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
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