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Authorised form of nameWilson; William Edward (1851 - 1908); astronomer
Dates1851 - 1908
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGreenisland, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Date of birth19 July 1851
Place of deathDaramona, Street, Westmeath, Ireland
Date of death06/03/1908
Dates and placesBurial:
Family burying ground, Street Parish Church, Westmeath, Ireland
Research fieldAstronomy
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1896
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909-1910 vol 83 pp iii-vii signed by J J
Royal Society codeNA5490
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1896/19Wilson, William Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/10/730Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to W E Wilson, Daramona, Streete, Rathowen, Ireland26 January 1895
NLB/18/250Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to W E Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Daramona, Streete, Westmeath, Ireland11 February 1899
NLB/18/352Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 February 1899
NLB/18/373Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to W E Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society1 March 1899
NLB/32/480Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Edward Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society19 March 1906
RR/12/411Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'On the effect of pressure of the surrounding gas on the temperature of the crater of an electric arc light. Preliminary notes of observations made at Daramona, Street, co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson22 May 1895
RR/12/267Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc' by William Edward Wilson and J P Graynd [1894]
RR/12/269Referee's report by Arthur William Rucker, on a paper 'Experimental investigation on the effective temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and J P Graynd [1894]
EC/1896/20Wilson, William Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/33/75Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Edward Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society26 June 1906
RR/12/268Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Experimental investigation on the effective temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and J P Gray13 February 1894
RR/12/412Referee's report by William de Wiveleslie Abney, on a paper 'On the temperature of the carbons of the electric arc; with a note on the temperature of the Sun. Experiments made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath' by William Edward Wilson and P L Gray[1895]
PP/23/16Paper, 'The thermal radiation from Sun spots. Preliminary notes of observations made at Daramona, Streete, Co. Westmeath [Ireland], 1893' by William Edward Wilson[1893-1894]
MC/24/7Letter from [John] Joly, Somerset, Temple Road, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]13 March 1909
MC/21Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1906
MC/24Volume 24 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1909
MC/21/665Letter from [William Edward] Wilson, Daramona, Streete, Westmeath, to [Joseph] Larmor24 June 1906
MC/21/666Letter from [William Edward] Wilson, Daramona, Streete, Westmeath, to [Joseph] Larmor29 June 1906
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