Authorised form of name | Meldrum; Charles (1821 - 1901) |
Dates | 1821 - 1901 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Kirkmichael, Banffshire, Scotland |
Date of birth | 19 October 1821 |
Place of death | Edinburgh |
Date of death | 28/08/1901 |
Research field | Meteorology |
Activity | 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
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 01/06/1876 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 151-152 signed by R H S |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/50006206 |
Royal Society code | NA6163 |
Reference number | Title | Date |
MM/17/27 | Letter from Charles Meldrum to Walter White, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 10 February 1871 |
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 |
MC/9/511 | Letter from C [Charles] Meldrum, Observatory Mauritius, to Sir Edward Sabine | 7 March 1873 |
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 |
MC/8/155 | Letter from C [Charles] Meldrum, 8 Bedford Place, Russell Square, London, to Lieutenant General [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society | 18 March 1868 |
AP/58/4 | Variation in Rainfall in connection with Variation in Sunspots | 1876 |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
MC/10/440 | Letter from C [Charles] Meldrum, Observatory Mauritius, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 August 1876 |
MC/10/441 | Letter from C [Charles] Meldrum, Observatory Mauritius, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 August 1876 |
MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |