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Authorised form of nameWilliamson; Benjamin (1827 - 1916)
Dates1827 - 1916
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Date of birth09 January 1827
Date of death03/01/1916
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Dublin. MA
Career:
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin (1852); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin (1854); Senior Fellow of Trinity (1897); Vice-Provost of Trinity
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1879
RelationshipsMarried Agnes, daughter of Rev William Wright, vicar of Selston, Nottingham
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1916-1917 vol 93 pp xxxviii-xli signed by J J
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/18724287
CodeNA6494
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1879/21Williamson, Benjamin: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/2/998Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Benjamin Williamson, Fellow of the Royal Society24 January 1889
NLB/10/716Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Benjamin Wiliamson, Fellow of the Royal Society25 January 1895
NLB/29/676Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Benjamin Williamson, Fellow of the Royal Society23 November 1904
NLB/16/170Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor B Williamson15 February 1898
NLB/27/308Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Benjamin Williamson, Fellow of the Royal Society4 August 1903
NLB/29/106Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Benjamin Williamson, Fellow of the Royal Society5 July 1904
NLB/30/462Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Benjamin Williamson, Fellow of the Royal Society28 March 1905
NLB/51/692Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Benjamin Williamson FRS26 May 1915
NLB/52/559Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 January 1916
NLB/52/599Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph Larmor, FRS27 January 1916
MC/11/377Letter from Benj [Benjamin] Williamson, Trinity College, Dublin, to the Royal Society14 June 1879
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
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