| Authorised form of name | Meldrum; Charles (1821 - 1901) |
| Surname | Meldrum |
| Forenames | Charles |
| Dates | 1821 - 1901 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Kirkmichael, Banffshire, Scotland (19 October 1821)
Death:
Edinburgh (28 August 1901) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Meteorology
Education:
Marischal College, Aberdeen. MA (1844)
Career:
Education Department, Bombay Presidency (1846); Professor of Mathematics, Royal College of Mauritius (1848); founded the Mauritius Meteorological Society (1851); in charge of the Mauritius Government Observatory (1862-1896); returned to England (1896)
Honours:
CMG 1886
Memberships:
FRAS; FMS |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
1/06/1876 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 151-152 signed by R H S |
| Royal Society code | NA6163 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/17/27 | Letter from Charles Meldrum to Walter White, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 10 February 1871 |
| AP/58/4 | Variation in Rainfall in connection with Variation in Sunspots | 1876 |
| NLB/15/756 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 2 December 1897 |
| NLB/6/719 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Harrisons | 1 July 1892 |
| NLB/14/226 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 25 January 1897 |
| NLB/16/652 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 May 1898 |
| NLB/14/552 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Charles Meldrum, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 March 1897 |
| NLB/20/301 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Mr W Parker, Parcels Department, Euston Station, N.W. | 15 March 1900 |
| RR/8/51 | Referee's report by Warren de la Rue, on a paper 'On a secular variation in the rainfall in connexion with the secular variation in amount of sun-spots' by Charles Meldrum | 2 July 1877 |
| EC/1876/15 | Meldrum, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/516/5/3 | Extract of a letter from [Charles] Meldrum to [Robert Henry] Scott | 26 January 1884 |