Authorised form of name | Popper; Sir; Karl Raimund (1902 - 1994) |
Dates | 1902 - 1994 |
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria |
Date of birth | 28/07/1902 |
Place of death | Croydon, Surrey |
Date of death | 17/09/1994 |
Research field | Logic |
Scientific method |
Activity | Education: University of Vienna. PhD (1928) Honours: Kt 1965; CH 1982 Memberships: Hon RSNZ (1965)
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Membership category | Statute 12 |
Date of election | 17/06/1976 |
Age at election | 73 |
RSActivity | Lectures: Medawar 1986 |
PublishedWorks | 'The Open Society and its Enemies'; 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' ; 'objective Knowledge: an Evolutionary Approac' 1972, Clarendon Press; |
Source | Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1997 vol 43 pp 367-409, plate, by David Miller References: Mary Hesse, 'A Philosopher of Science and Humanism', review of Anthony O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 344-346 Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 J Henry, 'Newton for philosophers. The Cambridge Companion to Newton, edited by I Bernard Cohen and G E Smith' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 246-247 N Calver and M Parker ' The logic of scientific Unity? Medawar, the Royal Society and the Rothschild controversy 1971-2.' In Notes and Records, Vol 70, Issue 1, March 2016 pp 83-100 |
Code | NA2549 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1976/45 | Popper, Sir Karl Raimund: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1976 |
MM/24/13 | Letter from Karl Popper to [Myer] Salaman | 12 July 1982 |
MM/24/12 | Letter from Karl Popper of Fallowfield, Manor Close, Manor Road, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Myer H Salaman, 23 Bisham Gardens, Highgate, London | 1 January 1978 |