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Authorised form of nameReed; Sir; Edward James (1830 - 1906)
Dates1830 - 1906
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSheerness, Kent, England
Date of birth20 September 1830
Place of deathLondon
Date of death30/11/1906
Dates and placesBurial:
Putney Vale cemetery, London
ActivityEducation:
School of Mathematics and naval construction, Portsmouth (1849)
Career:
Apprenticed to a shipwright (before 1849); Secretary, Institute of Naval Architects (1860); Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy (1863-1870); built warships including HMS Devastation; MP for Pembroke (1874-1880); MP for Cardiff (1880-1895; 1900-1905); published 'History of Japan' (1880) and 'Treatise on the stability of ships' (1884); Lord of the Treasury (1886)
Honours:
CB 1868; KCB 1880
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1876
RelationshipsSon of John Reed of Sheerness; married (1851) Rosetta, daughter of Nathaniel Barnaby of Sheerness
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 20 March 1875
Notes:
E W Cooke has signed election certificate twice
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/65474964
Royal Society codeNA6456
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1876/16Reed, Sir Edward James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/3/191Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society8 April 1889
NLB/6/208Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society25 March 1892
NLB/5/167Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Broadway Chambers, Westminster, S.W.7 April 1891
NLB/5/157Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society4 April 1891
NLB/7/791Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to W Wills, Broadway Chambers, Westminster, S.W.26 April 1893
NLB/7/809Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society2 May 1893
NLB/7/891Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1893
NLB/30/612Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society17 April 1905
RR/6/239Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the relation of form and dimensions to weight of material in the construction of iron-clad ships' by Edward James Reed26 June 1868
RR/9/204Referee's report by Edward James Reed, on a paper 'The variation of stability with draught of water in ships' by Francis Elgar21 April 1884
NLB/30/353Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Edward James Reed, Fellow of the Royal Society10 March 1905
RR/6/245Referee's report by Charles Watkins Merrifield, on a paper 'On the relation of form and dimensions to weight of material in the construction of iron-clad ships' by Edward James Reed9 April 1868
RR/7/132Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the unequal distribution of weight and support in ships, and its effects in still water, in waves, and in exceptional positions on shore' by Edward James Reed8 March 1871
MC/9/261Letter from E J [Edward James] Reed, 60 Inverness Terrace, Lancaster Gate, to the Royal Society7 October 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
RR/6/244Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the relation of form and dimensions to weight of material in the construction of iron-clad ships' by Edward James Reed3 April 1868
RR/7/133Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the unequal distribution of weight and support in ships, and its effects in still water, in waves, and in exceptional positions on shore' by Edward James Reed13 May 1871
MC/16/35Letter from Edward [James] Reed, Broadway Chambers, Westminster, London, to [Herbert] Rix, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society1 May 1893
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
MC/15/164Letter from Edward James Reed, Broadway Chambers, Westminster, to [Herbert] Rix6 April 1891
MC/16Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1893-1896
AP/63/12/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Notes upon the straining of ships caused by rolling' by Francis Elgar1885
AP/63/12Unpublished paper, 'Notes upon the straining of ships caused by rolling' by Francis Elgar1885
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