| Authorised form of name | Spencer; Leonard James (1870 - 1959) |
| Dates | 1870 - 1959 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Worcester, England |
| Date of birth | 07 July 1870 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 14/04/1959 |
| Research field | Mineralogy |
| Activity | Education:
MA, ScD (Camb)
Career:
Assistant Keeper, Mineral Department, British Museum; Editor (since 1901) of the 'Mineralog Mag'
Honours:
CBE 1934
Memberships:
ARCS (Dubl); FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/05/1925 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1961 vol 7 pp 243-248, plate, by C E Tilley |
| Code | NA5254 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/15/138 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Leonard James Spencer, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, S.W. | 5 July 1897 |
| NLB/16/881 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to L [J] Spencer, 10 Barclay Road, Walham Green | 27 June 1898 |
| RR/58/15 | Referee's report by Leonard James Spencer, on a paper 'The British silurian rugose corals with acanthine septa' by Dorothy Hill | 29 January 1936 |
| NLB/71/145 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard James] Spencer, FRS | 21 January 1928 |
| IM/GA/WS/3984 | Spencer, Leonard James | 1950 |
| EC/1925/13 | Spencer, Leonard James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/66/52 | Referee's report by Leonard James Spencer, on a paper 'The lamellar structure of potash-soda felspars' by S H Chao and W H Taylor | 25 June 1939 |
| NLB/67/710 | Copy letter from unknown correspondent; to unknown correspondent | 19 February 1925 |