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Authorised form of nameGough; Herbert John (1890 - 1965)
Dates1890 - 1965
Date of birth26 April 1890
Date of death01/06/1965
Research fieldCivil engineering
ActivityEducation:
PhD; DSc
Honours:
MBE 1919; CB 1942
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/05/1933
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1966 vol 12 pp 181-194, plate, by S F Dorey
CodeNA1818
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1933/06Gough, Herbert John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/2940Gough, Herbert Johnnd
RR/67/373Letters from Herbert John Gough, Ministry of Supply on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society21 November 1941
RR/54/134Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The strength of rock salt' by Geoffrey Ingram TaylorMarch 1934
RR/61/89Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Experiments with fluid friction in roughened pipes' by C F Colebrook and C M WhiteMarch 1937
RR/47/69Second referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Some tests on the stability of thin strip material under shearing forces in the plane of the strip' by Herbert John Gough and H L Cox31 March 1932
RR/54/133Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The mechanism of plastic deformation of crystals. Part I.—Theoretical' by Geoffrey Ingram TaylorMarch 1934
RR/52/71Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Physical properties of surfaces I - Kinetic friction' by Frank Philip Bowden and W G Beare25 July 1934
RR/58/48Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Investigation of the tensile properties of solid mercury and a comparison with those of other metals at low temperatures' by C H Lander and J V HowardFebruary 1936
RR/61/67Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems I—The deflexion of beams under transverse loading' by K N E Bradfield and Richard Vynne Southwell26 April 1937
RR/62/79Second referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'On the factors that influence external form of fossil plants; with descriptions of the foliage of some species of the Palaeozoic Equisetalean Genus Annularia Sternberg' by John Walton[April 1936]
RR/63/55Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The emission of the latent energy due to previous cold working when a metal is heated' by H Quinney and Geoffrey Ingram Taylor13 May 1937
RR/62/76Second referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Acoustic studies of some non-transforming and transforming special steels at low temperatures' by Mary D Waller[May 1936]
RR/65/208Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Theory of the fatigue of metals' by Egon Orowan21 July 1938
RR/65/127Second referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The photography of airscrew sound waves' by W F Hilton13 September 1938
RR/65/126Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The photography of airscrew sound waves' by W F Hilton11 March 1938
NLB/65/46Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest George] Coker, FRS17 July 1923
RR/69/237Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Fragmentation of shell cases' by Nevill Francis Mott3 January 1946
RR/67/372Letters from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to Herbert John Gough, Ministry of Supply11 November 1941
RR/68/61Letter from Herbert John Gough, regarding two papers 'The diffraction of sound pulses III. Note on an integral occurring in the theory of diffraction by a semi-infinite screen' and 'The diffraction of sound pulses IV. On a paradox in the theory of reflexion' by Frederick Gerard Friedlander8 January 1943
RR/71/218Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The lateral instability of yielded mild steel beams of rectangular cross section. I. The initial secondary flexural rigidity' by B G Neal26 January 1949
NLB/65/12Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Dugald Clerk, FRS12 July 1923
RR/71/219Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The lateral instability of yielded mild steel beams of rectangular cross-section. II. The initial torsional rigidity' by B G Neal26 January 1949
NLB/65/181Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph [Ernest] Petavel, FRS11 September 1923
NLB/65/177Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Dugald Clerk, FRS8 September 1923
RR/41/108Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Further experiments on the behaviour of single crystals of zinc subjected to alternating torsional stresses' by Herbert John Gough and H L CoxFebruary 1930
RR/28/110Referee's report by Ernest George Coker, on a paper 'The behaviour of metals subjected to repeated stresses' by Herbert John Gough and D Hanson3 September 1923
NLB/68/791Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Geoffrey Ingram] Taylor, FRS3 November 1925
RR/35/86Referee's report by Henry Cort Harold Carpenter, on a paper 'The behaviour of a single crystal of a-iron subjected to alternating torsional stresses' by Herbert John GoughDecember 1927
RR/59/14Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The influence of fungal decay on the properties of timber I—The effect of progressive decay by Polyporus hispidus, Fr., on the strength of English ash (Fraxinus excelsior, L.)' by G Cartwright, W G Campbell and F H Armstrong7 February 1936
RR/62/78Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Acoustic studies of some non-transforming and transforming special steels at low temperatures' by Mary D Waller[March 1936]
RR/68/165Letter from Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell4 September 1941
RR/71/221Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The lateral instability of yielded mild steel beams of rectangular cross-section. III. The conditions causing lateral instability' by B G Neal26 January 1949
RR/68/194Letter to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell29 August 1941
RR/49/155Second referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The plastico-viscous deformation of right circular cylinders of soft metal under variable load axially directed' by W E Grimshaw[January 1934]
RR/66/173Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson5 March 1940
RR/66/251Letter from Herbert John Gough, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins23 April 1940
RR/66/239Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins24 January 1940
RR/66/240Letter from Herbert John Gough, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins30 January 1940
RR/49/154Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'The plastico-viscous deformation of right circular cylinders of soft metal under variable load axially directed' by W E Grimshaw[December 1933]
RR/67/157Letter from Geoffrey Ingram Taylor and Herbert John Gough, on two papers 'The diffraction of sound pulses I. Diffraction by a semi-infinite plane' and 'The diffraction of sound pulses II. Diffraction by an infinite wedge' by Frederick Gerard Friedlander to The Royal Society29 February 1940
RR/32/70Referee's report by Henry Cort Harold Carpenter, on a paper 'The behaviour of single crystals of aluminium under static and repeated stresses' by Herbert John Gough, D Hanson and S J WrightDecember 1925
RR/32/71Referee's report by Geoffrey Isaac Taylor, on a paper 'The behaviour of single crystals of aluminium under static and repeated stresses' by Herbert John Gough, D Hanson and S J WrightNovember 1925
RR/41/107Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'The behaviour of a single crystal of antimony subjected to alternating torsional stresses' by Herbert John Gough and H L CoxFebruary 1930
RR/43/42Referee's report by James Alfred Ewing, on a paper 'The behaviour of a single crystal of aluminium under alternating torsional stresses while immersed in a slow stream of tap water' by Herbert John Gough and D G SopwithNovember 1931
RR/47/68Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Some tests on the stability of thin strip material under shearing forces in the plane of the strip' by Herbert John Gough and H L CoxFebruary 1932
RR/55/146Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'A new attack upon the problem of fatigue of metals, using X-ray methods of precision' by Herbert John Gough and W. A. Wood23 December 1935
RR/62/80Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'On the factors that influence external form of fossil plants; with descriptions of the foliage of some species of the Palaeozoic Equisetalean Genus Annularia Sternberg' by John Walton[March 1936]
RR/65/37Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems IV. Problems relating to elastic stability and vibrations' by K N E Bradfield, Derman Guy Christopherson and Richard Vynne SouthwellApril 1938
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