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Authorised form of nameMacewen; Sir; William (1848 - 1924)
Dates1848 - 1924
NationalityBritish
Place of birthRothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date of birth22 June 1848
Place of deathGlasgow
Date of death22/03/1924
ActivityEducation:
MD (Glasg); Hon LLD (Glasgow)
Honours:
Kt 1902
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/06/1895
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1924 vol 96 pp xxv-xxix signed by W W C
Notes:
Second citation and list of proposers from Supplementary Certificate
Royal Society codeNA2160
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1895/14 Macewen, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
EC/1895/15Macewen, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/33/106Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society[29] June 1906
NLB/33/107Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William [Macewen], [Fellow of the Royal Society]29 June 1906
NLB/34/375Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society10 January 1907
NLB/34/236Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society14 December 1906
NLB/35/366Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society23 May 1907
NLB/35/426Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society31 May 1907
NLB/34/813Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society13 March 1907
NLB/43/396Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society20 December 1910
NLB/51/18Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir William Macewen FRS20 November 1914
RR/17/196Referee's report by Sidney Harris Cox Martin, on a paper 'The rôle of the various elements in the development and regeneration of bone' by William Macewen19 February 1907
RR/17/195Referee's report by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, on a paper 'The rôle of the various elements in the development and regeneration of bone' by William Macewen[February 1907]
NLB/56/359Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Macewen, FRS21 January 1919
RR/8/331Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Observations concerning transplantation of bone. Illustrated by a case of inter-human osseous transplantation, whereby over two-thirds of the shaft of a humerus was restored' by William Macewen10 May 1881
RR/25/29Referee's report by William Macewen, on a paper 'Recherches anatomo-cliniques sur les névromes d'amputations douloureux. Nouvelles contributions à l'étude de la régénération nerveuse et du neurotropisme' by G Marinesco[January 1919]
NLB/66/309Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Watson Cheyne, Bart., FRS7 April 1924
NLB/34/551Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society6 February 1907
NLB/34/842Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir William Macewen, Fellow of the Royal Society18 March 1907
RR/17/197Referee's report by William Watson Cheyne, on a paper 'The rôle of the various elements in the development and regeneration of bone' by William Macewen[March 1907]
NLB/66/264Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J. Patrick Esq., Charing Cross, Glasgow31 March 1924
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