| Authorised form of name | Duke-Elder; Sir; William Stewart (1898 - 1978) |
| Other forms of name | William Stewart Duke |
| Other forms of surname | Elder |
| Dates | 1898 - 1978 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 22 April 1898 |
| Date of death | 27/03/1978 |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1933; KCVO 1946; GCVO 1958
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/03/1960 |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1980 vol 26 pp 85-105, plate, by T K Lyle, Sir Stephen Miller and N H Ashton |
| Royal Society code | NA1919 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RR/43/19 | Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The vascular responses of the eye' by P M Duke-Elder and William Stewart Duke-Elder | June 1931 |
| RR/41/69 | Referee's report by Hamilton Hartridge, on a paper 'The contraction of the extrinsic muscles of the eye by choline and nicotine' by William Stewart Duke-Elder and P M Duke-Elder | October 1930 |
| EC/1960/07 | Duke-Elder, Sir William Stewart: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/8749 | Duke-Elder, Sir William Stewart | nd |
| RR/46/80 | Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'The elasticity of the vitreous body' by E B Robertson and William Stewart Duke-Elder | [October 1932] |
| WF/237/1 | Grant application from Institute of Ophthalmology to the Wolfson Foundation | 10 June 1964 |
| RR/46/81 | Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'A note on the physical properties of dilute plasma gels and an analogy with the vitreous body' by E B Robertson and William Stewart Duke-Elder | [October 1932] |