| Authorised form of name | Lowe; Edward Joseph (1825 - 1900) |
| Dates | 1825 - 1900 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Highfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Date of birth | 11 November 1825 |
| Place of death | Shirenewton Hall, near Chepstow |
| Date of death | 10/03/1900 |
| Research field | Meteorology |
| Botany |
| Activity | Career:
Helped to found the Royal Meteorological Society; made weather observations (1840-1882); wrote on the weather; an authority on the hybridization of plants, and on ferns
Memberships:
FRAS; FLS; FGS; FZS; RMS; Corr Memb of the Lyceum of Nat Hist of New York; Corr Memb of Manchester Lit and Phil Soc; Hon Memb of the Dublin Nat Hist Soc
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1867 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 101-103 signed by M T M and W N S
Notes:
Cert X 113 is dated February 1862;
Cert X 114 is dated January 1851: Baden Powell has signed twice; signature of J C Wright crossed out, with note 'by mistake, is a F of R Soc of Literature';
Cert X 115 is dated May 1857;
Cert X 116 is dated February 1860. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29523826 |
| Royal Society code | NA6289 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1867/13 | Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | May 1857 |
| IM/002816 | Lowe, Edward Joseph | March 2000 |
| EC/1867/11 | Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | February 1862 |
| NLB/8/928 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cherstow | 24 January 1894 |
| NLB/18/66 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to an unknown correspondent | 9 January 1899 |
| NLB/17/612 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cheapstow | 24 November 1898 |
| NLB/20/294 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 14 March 1900 |
| NLB/20/343 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Hobson | 28 March 1900 |
| MS/257/3/73 | Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine | 7 April 1867 |
| MS/257/3/74 | Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to [Edward Sabine] | 20 April 1867 |
| NLB/70/917 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C. Britton Esq.; Meteorological Office, New Ranges, Shoeburyness | 4 November 1927 |
| EC/1867/14 | Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | February 1860 |
| MS/257/3/71 | Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Observatory, [Beeston] near Nottingham to Edward Sabine | 22 March 1867 |
| EC/1867/12 | Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | January 1851 |
| AP/32/12 | Unpublished paper, 'Observations on 287 thunder storms, made at Highfield House near Nottingham [England] during the last 9 years' by Edward Joseph Lowe | March 1850 |
| AP/34/15 | Unpublished paper, 'On a new method of propagating plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe | 29 October 1853 |
| AP/33/17 | Unpublished paper, 'On the mean temperature of Highfield House near Nottingham [England] from the year 1810 to the year 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe | 24 April 1851 |
| RR/2/138 | Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe | 30 August 1851 |
| RR/2/139 | Referee's report by Joseph Dalton Hooker, with note by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On a new method of propagating plants' by Edward Joseph Lowe | 13 February 1854 |
| AP/37/5 | Paper, 'On the growth of land shells [snails]' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe | 14 February 1854 |
| AP/43/7 | Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of flowers and leaves of plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe | 1860 |
| AP/45/8 | Unpublished paper, 'On ozone' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe | 1863 |
| MS/257/3/72 | Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine | 29 March 1867 |
| RR/2/137 | Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe | 27 October 1851 |