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Authorised form of nameJenkin; Charles Frewen (1865 - 1940); engineer
Dates1865 - 1940
NationalityBritish
Place of birthClaygate, Surrey, England
Date of birth24 September 1865
Place of deathSt Albans, Hertfordshire
Date of death23/08/1940
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Engineering, University of Oxford
Honours:
CBE 1919
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1931
RelationshipsSon of Henry Charles Fleeiming Jenkin (FRS 1865)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 575-585, plate, by R V Southwell
Royal Society codeNA3059
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1931/11Jenkin, Charles Frewen: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/51/580Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Charles Frewen Jenkin30 April 1915
NLB/51/620Copy letter from Charles Herbert Lees FRS to Professor Charles Frewen Jenkin6 May 1915
RR/22/61Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper 'Thermal properties of carbonic acid low temperatures' by Charles Frewen Jenkin and David Randall PyeMarch 1915
RR/38/81Referee's report by Thomas Edward Stanton, on a paper 'High frequency fatigue' by Charles Frewen Jenkin and G D LehmannMay 1929
RR/27/98Referee's report by Thomas Edward Stanton, on a paper 'The fatigue failure of metals' by Charles Frewen Jenkin2 November 1922
NLB/61/315Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Director of Printing and Binding at His Majesty's Stationery Office; Princes Street, Westminster, S.W.l.18 June 1921
RR/47/17Referee's report by Charles Frewen Jenkin, on a paper 'Measurements of the kinetic stresses in colliery winding ropes' by S M Dixon and M A Hogan20 August 1932
RR/22/62Referee's report by Alfred William Porter, on a paper 'Thermal properties of carbonic acid low temperatures' by Charles Frewen Jenkin and David Randall Pye12 April 1915
RR/32/82Referee's report by Thomas Edward Stanton, on a paper 'High-frequency fatigue tests' by Charles Frewen Jenkin27 May 1925
RR/20/76Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper 'The thermal properties of carbonic acid low temperatures' by Charles Frewen Jenkin and David Randall PyeFebruary 1913
RR/20/77Referee's report by Alfred William Porter, on a paper 'The thermal properties of carbonic acid low temperatures' by Charles Frewen Jenkin and David Randall Pye16 March 1913
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