| 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
|
| 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/4999008 |
| Royal Society code | NA6490 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/10/427 | Letter from G J [George John] Romanes, Dunskaith, Nigg, Rosshire, to J Wesley | 18 July 1876 |
| MM/15/8 | Letter from GJ Romanes to George Gabriel Stokes | 20 June 1881 |
| IM/Maull/003873 | Romanes, George John | nd |
| NLB/4/145 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Young | 24 February 1890 |
| NLB/6/533 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr George John Romanes, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 May 1892 |
| NLB/9/468 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 24 May 1894 |
| RR/7/475 | Letter from George John Romanes, on his paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 2 August 1876 |
| RR/7/474 | Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 1876 |
| RR/8/59 | Third letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 10 June 1877 |
| RR/8/197 | Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 6 October 1879 |
| AP/59/8/3 | Unpublished letter, regarding 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' from George John Romanes to Walter White | [1877] |
| RR/8/198 | Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | nd [1879] |
| RR/8/288 | Referee's report by Michael Foster, on the Croonian Lecture 'Observations on the locomotor system of Echinodermata' by George John Romanes and James Cossar Ewart | 22 May 1881 |
| RR/8/213 | Referee's report by George John Romanes, on an untraced paper by Dr Wagner | 4 November 1879 |
| NLB/3/398 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George John Romanes, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 May 1889 |
| RR/8/56 | Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | nd [1877] |
| AP/59/8/2 | Unpublished figure, relating to the locomotor system of Medusae by George John Romanes | 1876 |
| RR/9/46 | Letter from George John Romanes, on a paper 'The prehensores of male butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera and Papilo' by Philip Henry Gosse to the author | 24 March 1882 |
| EC/1879/18 | Romanes, George John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AP/57/2 | Unpublished paper, 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' by G J [George John] Romanes | 1875 |
| MC/10/448 | Letter from Geo J [George John] Romanes, Dunskaith, Nigg, Rosshire, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 14 September 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/140 | Letter from Geo J [George John] Romanes, 18 Cornwall Terrace, Regents Park, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 December 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| AP/59/8/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' by George John Romanes | 1876 |
| RR/8/55 | Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 16 April 1877 |
| AP/57/2/2 | Unpublished letter, regarding 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' from G J [George John] Romanes to Walter White | 6 February 1875 |
| RR/8/57 | Letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 5 May 1877 |
| AP/59/8 | Unpublished paper, 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' by George John Romanes | 1876-1877 |
| RR/8/58 | Second letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 7 May 1877 |
| AP/57/2/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' by G J [George John] Romanes | 1875 |
| PP/8/29 | Paper, 'Experiments with pressure on excitable tissues' by George J [John] Romanes | 1886 |
| PP/22/23 | Paper, 'Experiments in heliotropism' by George John Romanes | 1893 |
| RR/7/473 | Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes | 19 January 1876 |
| PP/22/24 | Paper, 'Experiments in germination' by George John Romanes | 1893 |
| MC/16/43 | Letter from Henry Edward Armstrong, Horace T Brown, James Geikie, A H Green, A C L G Gunther, E Ray Lankester, E B Poulton, G J Romanes, to the Royal Society | [May 1893] |
| MC/14/5 | Letter from the [George John] Romanes, Linnean Society, Burlington House, to Dr [Michael] Foster | 15 January 1885 |