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Authorised form of nameFleck; Alexander (1889 - 1968); Baron Fleck of Saltcoats
Dates1889 - 1968
NationalityBritish
Date of birth11 November 1889
Date of death06/08/1968
ActivityCareer:
Chairman of ICI 1953-1960
Honours:
KBE 1955; Baron 1961
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1955
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Treas 1960-1968; VP 1960-1968
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1971 vol 17 pp 243-254, plate, by R Holroyd
References:
Lord Todd, 'Address at the Memorial Service for Lord Fleck, of Saltcoats, KBE, Treas. RS, at St Columba's Church of Scotland, London, on 23 September 1968' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 127-128
CodeNA2689
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
P/0198Portrait of Fleck, Alexander; Baron Fleck of Saltcoates1960
EC/1955/08Fleck, Alexander, Baron Fleck of Saltcoats: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/1/31/2Miscellaneous shorter personal correspondence: 1964-19681964-1968
IM/GA/WS/4881Fleck, Alexander, Baron Fleck of Saltcoatsnd
IM/GA/WRS/6190Fleck, Alexander, Baron Fleck of Saltcoatsnd
IM/000850Ciba Foundation Dinner, 26 November 1964, signatures of guests1964
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