| Authorised form of name | Whittaker; John Macnaghten (1905 - 1984) |
| Dates | 1905 - 1984 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England |
| Date of birth | 07/03/1905 |
| Date of death | 29/01/1984 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1949 |
| Age at election | 44 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1985 vol 31 pp 653-666, plate, by W K Hayman |
| Royal Society code | NA1956 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1949/24 | Whittaker, John Macnaghten: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/3445 | Whittaker, John Macnaghten | nd |
| RR/37/152 | Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'On the principle of least action in wave mechanics' by John Macnagheten Whittaker | September 1928 |
| RR/72/271 | Referee's report by John Macnaghten Whittaker, on a paper 'On the asymptotic distribution of eigenvalues' by J S De Wet and F Mandl | 1949 |
| PB/1/33/1/10 | Nobel Prize | 1948 |
| MM/22/57 | Letter from John Macnaghten Whittaker, 12 Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield 10, to D G Kendall | 14 March 1968 |