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Authorised form of nameKerr; Sir; John Graham (1869 - 1957)
Dates1869 - 1957
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArkley, Hertfordshire, England
Date of birth18 September 1869
Place of deathBarley, Hertfordshire
Date of death21/04/1957
Research fieldZoology
ActivityEducation:
MA
Honours:
Kt 1939
Memberships:
FRSE; FZS; FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1909
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1937-1938
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958 vol 4 pp 155-166, plate, by Edward Hindle
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/40122446
CodeNA1780
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/16/118Letter from JG Kerr, Glasgow, to WB Hardy26 January 1925
EC/1909/16Kerr, Sir John Graham: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/3041Kerr, Sir John Grahamnd
NLB/40/710Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons16 July 1909
NLB/19/34Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Graham Kerr, Christ's College, Cambridge6 June 1899
NLB/19/353Copy letter from Theodore E James, to John Graham Kerr, Christ's College Cambridge23 August 1899
NLB/19/199Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Sir John George Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society] 11 July 1899
NLB/18/706Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Graham Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Christ's College, Cambridge26 April 1899
NLB/19/60Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Edwin Wilson9 June 1899
NLB/19/374Copy letter from Theodore E James, to John Graham Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society]4 September 1899
NLB/20/103Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Graham Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society]1 February 1900
NLB/20/417Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Graham Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Christ's College, Cambridge24 April 1900
NLB/43/229Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John Graham] Kerr, Fellow of the Royal Society24 November 1910
NLB/46/702Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to Professor [John Graham] Kerr, Fellow of the Royal Society18 October 1912
NLB/54/80Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, FRS3 February 1917
NLB/50/478Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, Fellow of the Royal Society15 July 1914
NLB/52/28Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor John Graham Kerr FRS23 July 1915
RR/20/36Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'On dimensions of chromosomes considered in relation to phylogeny' by John Bretland Farmer and L Digby16 November 1913
RR/22/57Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillMay 1915
RR/22/55Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillMay 1915
RR/35/49Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies on the relation of gonadic structure to plumage characterisation in the domestic fowl.—III. The laying hen with cock's plumage' by Francis Albert Eley CrewApril 1927
RR/35/95Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies on the relation of gonadic structure to plumage characterisation in the domestic fowl.—II. The developmental capon and poularde' by A W Greenwood and F A E CrewMarch 1927
NLB/58/643Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, FRS2 June 1920
RR/38/52Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies on the relation of gonadic structure to plumage characterisation in the domestic fowl. IV. - Gonad cross-transplantation in leghorn and campine' by A W GreenwoodMarch 1928
NLB/58/888Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, FRS29 June 1920
RR/14/187Referee's report by Albert Charles Lewis Gottgilf Günther, on a paper 'The external features in the development of Lepidosiren paradoxa, Fitz' by John Graham Kerrnd [May 1899]
RR/14/186Referee's report by Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, on a paper 'The the external features the development of Lepidosiren paradoxa, Fitz' by John Graham Kerrnd [May 1899]
RR/52/42Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies in Tunicate development - Part III - Differential retardation and acceleration' by Norman John BerrillAugust 1934
RR/24/89Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia. - The "orders' Rachitomi and Stereospondyli' by David Meredith Seares Watson[April 1917]
RR/55/33Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies in tunicate development. Part V - The evolution and classification of ascidians' by Norman John BerrillJune 1935
RR/52/100Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of patella vulgata' by F G W Smith4 July 1934
RR/56/26Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies of the epidermal structures of birds' by Anne Hosker[June 1935]
RR/65/82Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The origin and developmental mechanics of the avian sternum' by Honor Bridget Fell27 July 1938
NLB/63/246Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, FRS22 July 1922
NLB/68/99Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, FRS11 May 1925
NLB/66/790Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. J. Graham Kerr, FRS9 July 1924
NLB/68/682Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Gordon] Gray13 October 1925
NLB/71/466Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John] Graham Kerr, FRS1 June 1928
NLB/71/455Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John] Graham Kerr, FRS30 May 1928
CD/5/17Copy letter from the Royal Society, to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, Professor [John Stanley] Gardiner, Professor [James Thomas] Wilson, Sir [David] Prain, Dr [Arthur William] Hill, Sir Arthur Keith, Sir [Alfred Daniel] Hall, Professor [Robert] Newstead, Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Dr [John William] Evans, Sir [Richard] Threlfall, Sir [John] Cadman18 January 1923
NLB/73/173Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [John] Graham Kerr, FRS26 January 1931
NLB/19/685Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Graham Kerr, [Fellow of the Royal Society]22 November 1899
RR/39/21Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies in tunicate development. Part I.— General physiology development of simple Ascidians' by Norman John Berrill[December 1928]
RR/39/56Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The vascular filaments on the pelvic limbs of Lepidosiren, their function and evolutionary significance' by J T Cunningham[October 1929]
RR/49/14Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The segmentation and chondrification of the skull of the duck' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and Ernest James William Barrington[October 1933]
RR/52/43Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies in tunicate development Part IV—Asexual reproduction' by Norman John BerrillAugust 1934
NLB/67/575Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS23 January 1925
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
RR/33/29Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'A contribution to the anatomy of the ductless glands and lymphatic system of the angler fish (Lophius piscatorius)' by Richard Huggins BurneDecember 1926
RR/33/109Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the chondrocranium of the eel (anguilla vulgaris), with observations on the comparative morphology and development of the chondrocranium in bony fishes' by J R NormanNovember 1925
RR/39/65Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Observations on electrical stimulation of the cerebellar cortex' by D Denny-Brown, J C Eccles and Edward George Tandy Liddellnd [March 1929]
RR/45/35Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the emission of oxygen by the pelvic filaments of the male lepidosiren with some experiments on Symbranchus marmoratus' by J T Cunningham and D M Reid[September 1931]
RR/19/116Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Danish researches in the Atlantic and Mediterranean on the life-history of the Fresh-water Eel (Anguilla vulgaris, Turt.), with notes on other species' by J Schmidt[April 1912]
RR/28/30Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the hepatic venous system and the postcaval vein in the marsupialia' by Margaret Tribend [1922]
RR/35/55Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The bionomics of certain air-breathing fishes of India, together with an account of the development of their air-breathing organs' by B K DasAugust 1927
RR/36/100Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Structure and function of the organs of feeding and digestion in the septibranchs, Cuspidaria and Poromya' by Charles Maurice Yonge[June 1927]
RR/41/22Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'Studies in tunicate development. Part I.— General physiology development of simple Ascidians' by Norman John BerrillJuly 1930
NLB/39/358Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Adam Sedgwick, Fellow of the Royal Society8 January 1909
NLB/47/115Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Graham Kerr FRS3 December 1912
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