| Authorised form of name | McClelland; John Alexander (1870 - 1920); physicist |
| Other forms of name | M'Clelland, John Alexander |
| Other forms of surname | M'Clelland |
| Dates | 1870 - 1920 |
| Date of birth | 01 December 1870 |
| Date of death | 13/04/1920 |
| Occupation | physicist |
| Research field | Experimental Physics |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Queen's College, Galway; Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (1896-1900); Royal University of Ireland. MA (1893). Trinity College, Cambridge
Career:
Professor of Experimental Physics, University College, Dublin (from 1900); served as Commissioner of National Education, a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland; secretary to the Royal Irish Academy (1907); served as a member of the Inventions Committee and the Committee for Organisation in Industrial Research (1914-1918). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/05/1909 |
| Age at election | 39 |
| Proposer | Joseph John Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; C T R Wilson; Harold Aalbertu Wilson; Robert John Strutt; Samuel Young; John Joly; John Sealy Townsend; Edmund Taylor Whittaker |
| Relationships | Parents: William McClelland of Dunallis, Coleraine
Spouse: Ina, daughter of J Esdale (1901) |
| OtherInfo | Known for his pioneering work on the scattering of β rays, the conductivity of gases, and the mobility of ions. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; 'The Scientific Work of John A. McClelland: A Recently Discovered Manuscript' [URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00016-010-0023-8?view=classic#/page-2; last accessed: 21/02/2024]
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1924 vol 106 pp v-ix, plate, signed by C T R W
References:
W Hayes, 'Physics as well as poetry. Physicists of Ireland, edited by M McCartney and A Whitaker' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 245-246 |
| Code | NA5506 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/40/767 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 11August 1909 |
| NLB/13/297 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Henry Poynting, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 July 1896 |
| NLB/13/298 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook | 22 July 1896 |
| NLB/14/459 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Galzebrook, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 March 1897 |
| NLB/46/155 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor John Alexander McClelland, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 June 1912 |
| NLB/14/542 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Gilbert Thomas Walker, John Alexander McClelland and Charles Thomas Rees Wilson | 26 March 1897 |
| NLB/40/448 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] A [Alexander] McClelland FRS | 9 June 1909 |
| NLB/40/395 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 3 June 1909 |
| NLB/45/745 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor J [John] A [Alexander] McClelland FRS | 2 May 1912 |
| NLB/58/312 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 19 April 1920 |
| NLB/58/424 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson Esquire, FRS | 4 May 1920 |
| NLB/55/854 | Copy letter from [Dr.] Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Alexander] McClelland, FRS | 16 October 1918 |
| NLB/61/669 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson Esquire, FRS | 4 October 1921 |
| NLB/67/65 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson, Esq., FRS | 14 October 1924 |
| EC/1909/18 | McClelland, John Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/13/127 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 June 1896 |
| NLB/42/447 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] A [Alexander] McClelland FRS | 15 June 1910 |
| NLB/43/419 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Alexander McClelland, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 January 1911 |