| Authorised form of name | Gregory; Sir; Richard Arman (1864 - 1952) |
| Dates | 1864 - 1952 |
| Place of birth | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 29 January 1864 |
| Date of death | 15/09/1952 |
| Activity | Education:
Wesleyan School, Baptist Mills, Bristol; Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol; Royal College of Science, London; DSc (University of Leeds); DSc (Bristol University); LLD St Andrew's University
Career:
Assistant, Physical Laboratory, Clifton College, Bristol; Science Demonstrator, HM Dockyard School, Portsmouth (1888); Assistant to Sir Norman Lockyer (1869); Computer to the Solar Physics Committee; Professor of Astronomy, Queen's College, Harley Street, London; Assistant Editor, 'Nature' (1893-1919); Editor, 'Nature' (1919); President, Education Science Section, British Association (1922)
Honours:
Kt 1919; Bt 1931
Memberships:
Fellow of the Institute of Journalists
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| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 22/06/1933 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 411-417, plate, by F J M Stratton
References:
Sir Brian Pippard, FRS, 'Schoolmaster-Fellows and the campaign for science education' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 63-81, plate
N R Ingram, 'All that you can't leave behind' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 177-184
R Singh and F Riess, 'The nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British Scientific community in a social and political context' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 47-64 |
| Code | NA3400 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1933/22 | Gregory, Sir Richard Arman: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001782 | Gregory, Sir Richard Arman | nd |
| IM/001781 | Gregory, Sir Richard Arman | nd |
| NLB/16/363 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to R A Gregory | 23 March 1898 |
| NLB/50/187 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to R A Gregory | 19 May 1914 |
| NLB/54/523 | Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Professor [Richard Arman] Gregory, FRS | 8 June 1917 |
| MS/928/4/1/7 | Letter, Richard Arman Gregory, The Manor House, Middleton on Sea, near Bognor Regis, to Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh | 28 June 1944 |
| NLB/56/279 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Richard Arman] Gregory, FRS | 6 January 1919 |
| NLB/56/245 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Richard Arman] Gregory, FRS | 20 December 1918 |
| MS/928/4/1/8 | Biographical notes, 'Charles Vernon Boys', by Richard Arman Gregory | June 1944 |
| NLB/65/351 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard [Tetley] Glazebrook, FRS | 19 October 1923 |
| NLB/57/743 | Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Editor, Nature, [Sir Richard Arman Gregory, FRS] | 30 January 1920 |
| NLB/65/20 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard [Arman] Gregory, C/O Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; St. Martin's Street, W.C.2. | 10 July 1923 |
| NLB/65/489 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Oliver [Joseph] Lodge, FRS | 6 November 1923 |
| NLB/7/66 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Richard Arman Gregory, 11 Southey Road, Wimbledon, S.W. | 19 November 1892 |