Homepage

Record

Authorised form of nameMyers; Charles Samuel (1873 - 1946)
Dates1873 - 1946
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth13 March 1873
Place of deathWinsford, Somerset
Date of death12/10/1946
ActivityEducation:
City of London School (1885-1890). MD, ScD (Camb)
Career:
Pioneered the science of industrial psychology; Director, Psychological Laboratory; Reader in Experiment Psychology, Cambridge University; Fellow and Honorary Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge; Consulting Psycologist to the British Armies in France (World War 1); Professor of Psychology, King's College, London; Member, Industrial Research Board
Honours:
CBE 1919
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1915
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 767-777, plate, by F C Bartlett
CodeNA6615
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/003228Myers, Charles Samuelnd
NLB/37/23Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society10 January 1908
NLB/37/788Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons15 May 1908
RR/27/109Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'Laryngeal position as the determining factor of voice classification' by Sterling MacKinlayJanuary 1922
NLB/52/256Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Mrs Myers; St. Keyne, Grange Road, Cambridge26 October 1915
NLB/51/831Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Charles Samuel Myers FRS12 July 1914
NLB/56/142Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]29 November 1918
RR/25/11Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On certain independent factors in mental measurements' by J C Maxwell Garnett[April 1918]
NLB/61/6Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS; Birchwood, Porlock, Somerset27 April 1921
RR/26/92Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'The connecting link between the emotions and their expression in tone etc.' by Sterling Mackinlay[February 1921]
NLB/68/751Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS30 October 1925
RR/36/52Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On trying-to-think imagery and conductance' by Lewis Fry Richardson[1927]
RR/17/330Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh on a paper 'The perception of the direction of sound' by Charles Samuel Myers and Harold Albert WilsonJanuary 1908
RR/21/126Referee's report by William McDougall, on a paper 'The influence of timbre and loudness on the localisation of sounds' by Charles Samuel Myers[July 1914]
NLB/65/745Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS15 December 1923
NLB/64/166Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS15 February 1923
NLB/64/456Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles Samuels] Myers, FRS18 April 1923
NLB/57/421Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent4 November 1919
RR/51/1Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester20 March 1933
NLB/66/85Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles Samuel] Myers, C.B.E, FRS.21 February 1924
NLB/65/779Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS21 December 1923
NLB/65/903Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS25 January 1924
NLB/73/101Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Charles Samuel] Myers, FRS3 December 1930
NLB/73/129Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles Samuel] Myers, C.B.E., FRS16 December 1930
EC/1915/12Myers, Charles Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
RR/45/75Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'The intellectual resemblance of twins' by Louis Herrman and Lancelot Thomas Hogben15 September 1932
Add to My Items
    Early Letters

    Early Letters

    Useful Links

    Collection highlights

    Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

    Early Letters
    Early Letters
    Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance
    Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance
    New Letter Books
    New Letter Books
    Papers of Colin Pillinger
    Papers of Colin Pillinger
    Browse Collections

    The Royal Society

    The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of
    the world's most eminent scientists and is the
    oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
    Registered charity number 207043

    Website design ©CalmView



    CONTACT US

    + 44 207 451 2500
    (Lines open Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00. Excludes bank holidays)

    6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

    Email Us →

    SUBSCRIBE

    Subscribe to our newsletters to be updated with the
    latest news on innovation, events, articles and reports.

    Subscribe →

    © CalmView