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Authorised form of nameAnderson; John (1882 - 1958); 1st Viscount Waverley
Dates1882 - 1958
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
The yard of the village church of Westdean, Sussex (04 January 1958)
ActivityHonours:
CB 1918; KCB 1919; GCB 1923; GCIE 1932; GCSI 1937; Viscount 1952; OM 1957
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election14/06/1945
SourceSources:
DNB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958 vol 4 pp 307-325, plate, by Bridges, with an addendum by Sir Henry Dale
CodeNA584
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1945/22Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverley: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/7/2/4/1/5Correspondence, preliminary notes, and manuscript and typescript account for President Royal Society, of meeting between Sir John Anderson, Bernal, Blackett and Sir Thomas Merton1945
IM/GA/WS/563Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverleynd
IM/000094Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverleynd
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