| Authorised form of name | Russell; John Scott (1808 - 1882) |
| Dates | 1808 - 1882 |
| Place of birth | Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 08 May 1808 |
| Place of death | Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 08 June 1882 |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Education:
MA
Career:
Manager of a large ship building firm, Greenock; moved to London (1844); promoter of the Great Exhibition (1851); worked in ship building on the Thames; involved with Isambard Kingdom Brunel (FRS 1830) in building the steamship 'Great Eastern' (1854-1857)
Memberships:
FRSE; MICE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Rev David Russell |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1882-1883 vol 34 pp xv-xvii signed by P S |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/45061037 |
| Code | NA5548 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003945 | Russell, John Scott | nd |
| IM/003944 | Russell, John Scott | nd |
| RR/9/83 | Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'On ether and it's relation to matter' by John Scott Russell | 13 December 1882 |
| RR/8/338 | Referee's report by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell | 4 June 1881 |
| EC/1849/12 | Russell, John Scott: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/8/339 | Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell | 19 July 1881 |
| MC/5/2 | Letter from J [John] Scott Russell, Sydenham, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 25 January 1851 |
| MS/426/443 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J [John] Scott Russell, Sydenham | 28 February 1851 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| AP/32/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of steam and its corresponding pressure' by John Curr | 1 November 1849 |
| MC/12/159 | Letter from John Scott Russell, Oak Lodge, Hamlet Road, Upper Norwood, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society | 19 April 1881 |
| MC/12/204 | Letter from J [John] Scott Russell, 51 Brunswick Road, Brighton, to the Royal Society | 6 October 1881 |
| MC/12/273 | Letter from W H [William Henry] Barlow, High Combe, Old Charlton, to [William] Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society] | 2 October 1882 |
| MC/12/275 | Letter from P G [Peter Guthrie] Tait, Royal Society of Edinburgh, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 9 October 1882 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/13/7 | Letter from Harriette Scott Russell, Villa Navarino, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 January 1884 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| AP/61/5 | Unpublished paper, 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell | 1881 |
| AP/32/5 | Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of steam and its corresponding pressure' by John Curr | June 1849 |