| Authorised form of name | Wimshurst; James (1832 - 1903) |
| Dates | 1832 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Poplar, London, England |
| Date of birth | 13 April 1832 |
| Place of death | Clapham, London |
| Date of death | 03/01/1903 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1898 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 300-301 signed by S P T |
| Royal Society code | NA5911 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1898/18 | Wimshurst, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/7/662 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Wimshurst, 4 The Grove, Clapham Common | 6 April 1893 |
| NLB/6/522 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Wimshurst | 26 May 1892 |
| NLB/7/671 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayeigh [John William Strutt] | 7 April 1893 |
| NLB/7/683 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Wimshurst, 4 The Grove, Clapham Common | 10 April 1893 |
| NLB/7/731 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh, [John William Strutt] | 14 April 1893 |
| NLB/8/1017 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Armstrong, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 February 1894 |
| NLB/9/367 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Latimer Setley, 123 Pall Mall, S.W. | 7 May 1894 |
| NLB/16/596 | Copy letter of a notice from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [The Times] | 5 May 1898 |
| NLB/22/448 | Copy letter from Arthur [William] Rucker, to [James] Wimshurst, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 May 1901 |
| NLB/22/463 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [James] Wimshurst, Fellow of the Royal Society, 7 Crescent Grove, Clapham Common, S.W. | 20 May 1901 |
| RR/15/288 | Referee's report by Silvanus Phillips Thompson, on a paper 'Experiments on some properties' by James Wimshurt | 7 May 1901 |