| Authorised form of name | Romanes; George John (1848 - 1894) |
| Dates | 1848 - 1894 |
| Place of birth | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of birth | 02 or 20 May 1848 |
| Place of death | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 23 May 1894 |
| Research field | Physiology; comparative psychology; evolution |
| Activity | Education:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. BA (1870), MA
Career:
His family moved to Britain when he was a child; studied under John Burdon Sanderson (FRS 1867) at University College, London (1874-1876); Professor, Edinburgh University (1886-1890); suffered from arterio-sclerosis; died from a haemorrhage; his brain was dissected by David Ferrier (FRS 1876) at King's College, London
Memberships:
FPSC; FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1879 |
| Royal Society activity | Lectures:
Croonian 1876 and (jointly) 1881 |
| Relationships | Son of [?] Romanes, Professor at University of Kingston, and his wife Isabella Gair, daughter of Robert Smith of Cromarty; married (11 February 1879) Ethel, daughter of Andrew Duncan of Liverpool |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp vii-xiv signed by J B S
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 02 May 1848 |
| Royal Society code | NA6490 |