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Authorised form of nameWells; George Philip (1901 - 1985)
Dates1901 - 1985
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSpade House, Sandgate, Kent, England
Date of birth17/07/1901
Place of deathWoodside, Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire
Date of death27/09/1985
ActivityEducation:
Oundle School
Career:
Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University College, London (1954-1968); broadcaster for BBC's Brains Trust
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1955
Age at election53
RelationshipsSon of HG Wells
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1986 vol 32 pp 649-676, plate, by G E Fogg
CodeNA1976
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
GLB/18/17Paper by G P Wells, Harry Melville and Alexander Haddow on the Archives of the Royal Society Clubc June 1962
EC/1955/25Wells, George Philip: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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