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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
Research field	Scientific method
Activity	Education: University of Vienna. PhD (1928) Honours: Kt 1965; CH 1982 Memberships: Hon RSNZ (1965)
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

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