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Authorised form of nameWheeler; Sir; Robert Eric Mortimer (1890 - 1976)
Dates1890 - 1976
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth10 September 1890
Date of death22/07/1976
ActivityHonours:
MC; CIE 1947; Kt 1952; CH 1967
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election30/05/1968
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1977 vol 23 pp 623-642, plate, by S Piggott
CodeNA369
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1968/38Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/1/33/5/8Order of Merit1967
HWT/24/6/21Correspondence between Royal Society and USSR Academy of Sciences regarding administration of exchanges, joint research projects and correspondence between Royal Society and British Academy regarding joint projects with Russia, especially in archaeologyJune - August 1970
HWT/20/37Correspondence and papers regarding Royal Society/Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei relations, visit to UK of Swedish scientific and technical party, Wates Foundation Fund and Royal Society/British Academy relationsMay- July 1968
IM/GA/AR/7300Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimernd
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