Authorised form of name | Brown; John (1850 - 1911) |
Surname | Brown |
Forenames | John |
Dates | 1850 - 1911 |
Dates and places | Birth: 24 February 1850 Death: 01 November 1911 |
Activity | Profession: Manufacturer Research Field: Electricity Career: In business; studied electricity; worked on the science of road making and testing, and the construction of motors Memberships: Physical Society; AIEE; Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society; Ulster Amateur Photographic Society |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/06/1902 |
Relationships | Son of a linen merchant in the North of Ireland |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1913 vol 88 pp vi-viii signed by J L |
Royal Society code | NA5620 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1902/06 | Brown, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/6/662 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Brown, Belair, Windsor Avenue, Belfast | 23 June 1892 |
NLB/24/751 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society, Longhurst, Dunmurry, Belfast | 4 July 1902 |