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Authorised form of nameSmee; Alfred (1818 - 1877)
Dates1818 - 1877
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCamberwell, London, England
Date of birth18 June 1818
Place of death7 Finsbury Circus, London
Date of death11 January 1877
Dates and placesBurial:
St Mary's church, Beddington, Surrey
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
St Paul's School
Career:
Surgeon to the Bank of England; invented an electrical battery which was named after him
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/06/1841
RelationshipsFather-in-law of William Odling (FRS 1859)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; St Paul's
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/40161016
Royal Society codeNA3389
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1841/30Smee, Alfred: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/3/103Letter from Alfred Smee, [surgeon to the] Bank of England, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society28 July 1840
RR/7/209Referee's report by Robert Angus Smith, on a paper 'On the organic matter of air' by Arthur Hutchinson Smee31 July 1872
MM/19/91Letter from Alfred Smee to John Peter Gassiot20 October 1865
MC/3/281Letter from Alfred Smee, 7 Finsbury Circus, to the [Marquis of Northampton] President of the Royal Society and to its Council, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries16 May 1843
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/78Letter from Alfred Smee, [surgeon to the] Bank of England, to the Royal Society27 March 1840
MC/3/272Letter from Alfred Smee, 20 Finsbury Circus, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]17 March 1843
MC/7/118Letter from Kelsen [?], 6 Chausée de Charleroy, Brussels, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society, London30 August 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
AP/26/8Unpublished paper, regarding experiments on projectiles by C Holdstock16 March 1843
AP/23/41Unpublished paper, 'On the ferrosesquicyanuret of potassium' by Alfred Smee10 January 1840
AP/24/10Unpublished paper, 'On the rifle ball' by C A Holdstock15 March 1843
AP/23/40/2Unpublished appendix, regarding 'On the structure of normal and adventitious bone' by Alfred Smee28 November 1839
AP/29/15Unpublished paper, 'On injuries inflicted on plants by aphides [aphids] especially in relation to the present epidemic in the potato and other plants' by Alfred Smee6 December 1846
AP/26/14/2Unpublished diagram, experimental setup by Alfred Smee27 February 1843
AP/23/40Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of normal and adventitious bone' by Alfred SmeeNovember 1839
AP/26/14/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from the solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee27 February 1843
AP/23/40/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the structure of normal and adventitious bone' by Alfred Smee18 November 1839
AP/26/8/3Unpublished letter, regarding experiments on projectiles from C Holdstock to Alfred Smee16 March 1843
AP/54/13Unpublished paper, 'On the detection of organic and other nitrogenized matter existing in the atmosphere' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee1872
RR/7/210Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'On the detection of organic and other nitrogenized matter existing in the atmosphere' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee22 October 1872
AP/54/12Unpublished paper, 'On the physical nature of the coagulation of the blood' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee1872
RR/1/228Referee's report by Michael Faraday, on a paper 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee4 April 1843
AP/26/14Unpublished paper, 'On the cause of the reduction of metals from the solutions of their salts by the voltaic circuit' by Alfred Smee27 February 1843
HS/16/166Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bank of England12 January 1847
HS/16/173Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus29 December 1867
HS/16/155Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus31 August 1842
HS/16/154Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus21 June 1842
HS/16/157Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus17 November 1842
HS/16/172Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus23 February 1854
HS/16/167Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus17 February 1847
HS/16/161Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus13 March 1843
HS/16/150Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus3 January 1842
HS/16/164Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus2 April 1845
HS/16/160Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus28 February 1843
HS/16/151Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus25 April 1842
HS/16/169Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bank of England12 May 1849
HS/16/162Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bank of England22 January 1845
HS/16/152Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus10 May 1842
HS/16/171Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Old Jewry20 July 1850
HS/16/170Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus30 May 1850
HS/16/165Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus12 April 1845
HS/16/153Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Smee15 June 1842
HS/16/159Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus22 December 1842
HS/16/156Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus29 September 1842
HS/16/158Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Finsbury Circus2 December 1842
HS/16/168Letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bank of England9 October 1847
HS/16/174Incomplete letter, from Alfred Smee to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/16/163Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred Smee2 April 1845
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