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Authorised form of nameYoung; John Zachary (1907 - 1997)
Dates1907 - 1997
Date of birth18/03/1907
Date of death04/07/1997
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/03/1945
Age at election38
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1967
Lectures:
Ferrier 1950; Croonian 1965
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1998 vol 44 pp 485-509, plate, by Brian B Boycott
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/108442918
CodeNA2156
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
GLB/65/112/13Application by J Z Young to Science Research Council for a Research Grant[1969]
IM/GA/WRS/8698Young, John Zacharynd
IM/GA/SGRS/8421Young, John Zachary1985
GLB/65/66/40J Z Young, Department of Anatomy, University College London to Brown17 April 1964
GLB/65/112/15Brown to J A Findley, Science Research Council 30 January 1969
GLB/65/112/14J A Findley, Science Research Council to Brown28 January 1969
IM/005036Young, John Zacharynd
IM/005037Young, John Zacharynd
GLB/65/66/39Brown to J Z Young, Department of Anatomy, University College London14 April 1964
PB/1/33/4/8President of the Royal Society1965
CMB/281/35Notes on papers passed for publication in Philosophical TransactionsMay 1961
IM/GA/GRS/5211Young, John Zacharynd
RR/34/134Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'The crystal structure of meteoric iron as determined by X-ray analysis' by John Zachary Young[August 1926]
RR/42/88Referee's report by Hamilton Hartridge, on a paper 'The pupillary mechanism of the teleostean fish Uranoscopus scaber' by John Zachary YoungNovember 1930
RR/61/38Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'The ultrastructure of nerve axoplasm' by Richard S Bear, Francis O Schmitt and John Zachary YoungMay 1937
RR/72/12Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'Some quantitative dental characteristics of the chimpanzee, gorilla and orang-outang' by E H Ashton and Solly Zuckerman1949
RR/57/63Second referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The innervation and reactions to drugs of the viscera of teleostean fish' by John Zachary Young[March 1936]
RR/65/287Referee's report by Carl Frederick Abel Pantin, on a paper 'Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibres of cephalopods' by John Zachary YoungNovember 1938
RR/61/42Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'The sheath components of the giant nerve fibres of the squid' by Richard S. Bear, Francis O. Schmitt and John Zachary YoungMay 1937
RR/61/41Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'Investigation on the protein constituents of nerve axoplasm' by Richard S Bear, Francis O Schmitt and John Zachary YoungMay 1937
RR/61/40Referee's report by Carl Frederick Abel Pantin, on a paper 'Investigation on the protein constituents of nerve axoplasm' by Richard S Bear, Francis O Schmitt and John Zachary YoungMay 1937
RR/62/110Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'The structure of nerve fibres in cephalopods and crustacea' by John Zachary Young[June 1936]
RR/68/231Letter from John Zachary Young, to Archibald Vivian Hill, regarding a paper 'The giant myelinated nerve fibres of the prawn' by William Holmes15 May 1942
RR/68/243Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The autonomic nervous system of the earthworm' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott[March 1940]
RR/68/242Letter from John Zachary Young, to Archibald Vivian Hill, regarding a paper 'The autonomic nervous system of the earthworm' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott20 March 1940
RR/68/398Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The visceral nervous system of the earthworm II. Evidence of chemical transmission and the action of sympatheticomimetic and parasympatheticomimetic drugs on the tone of the alimentary canal' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott[1943]
RR/72/4Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The influence of nerve fibres on Schwann cell migration investigated in tissue culture' by Michael Abercrombie, M L Johnson and G A Thomas1949
RR/72/11Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The influence of geographic isolation on the skull of the green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) I. A comparison between the teeth of the St Kitts and the African green monkey' by E H Ashton and Solly Zuckerman1949
RR/72/10Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'Some quantitative dental characters of fossil anthropoids' by E H Ashton and Solly Zuckerman1949
RR/72/1Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie7 August 1949
RR/72/191Letter from D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Reproduction in the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (gunner)' by Leonard Harrison Matthews to John Zachary Young12 July 1949
RR/70/188Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The histophysiology of the alimentary canal of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus - I. The process of extrusion from the intestinal glands, and other features of the intestinal epithelium' by Norman Millott1947
IM/GA/WS/3906Young, John Zacharynd
RR/61/43Referee's report by Carl Frederick Abel Pantin, on a paper 'The sheath components of the giant nerve fibres of the squid' by Richard S. Bear, Francis O. Schmitt and John Zachary YoungMay 1937
RR/72/192Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'Reproduction in the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (gunner)' by Leonard Harrison Matthews 1949
RR/46/125Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Comparative studies on the physiology of the iris.-II. Uranoscopus and Lophius' by John Zachary Young[November 1932]
EC/1945/21Young, John Zachary: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/1/33/2Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society1956
RR/59/96Second referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'Electrical activity of the central nervous system of the frog' by R W Gerard and John Zachary Young[December 1936]
RR/68/244Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The visceral nervous system of the earthworm: I. Nerves controlling the tone of the alimentary canal' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott[1942]
RR/46/124Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Comparative studies on the physiology of the iris. -I. Selachians' by John Zachary Young[November 1932]
RR/57/62Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The innervation and reactions to drugs of the viscera of teleostean fish' by John Zachary Young[December 1935]
RR/59/95Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'Electrical activity of the central nervous system of the frog' by R W Gerard and John Zachary Young4 November 1936
RR/65/288Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, on a paper 'Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibres of cephalopods' by John Zachary YoungNovember 1938
RR/70/213Letter from John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The thickness of the myelin sheaths of normal and regenerating peripheral nerve fibres' by F K Sanders to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society12 November 1947
RR/70/214Letter from John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The thickness of the myelin sheaths of normal and regenerating peripheral nerve fibres' by F K Sanders to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society5 December 1947
RR/70/215Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The thickness of the myelin sheaths of normal and regenerating peripheral nerve fibres' by F K Sanders14 August 1947
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