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Authorised form of namePerkin; Arthur George (1861 - 1937)
Dates1861 - 1937
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSudbury, Middlesex, England
Date of birth13 December 1861
Place of deathHeadingley, Leeds, Yorkshire
Date of death30/05/1937
ActivityEducation:
City of London School (1872-1878)
Career:
Professor of Colour Chemistry and Dyeing, Leeds University; Dean of Faculty, Leeds University
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1903
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1924
RelationshipsSon of Sir William Henry Perkin (FRS 1866); brother of William Henry Perkin (FRS 1890)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 445-450, plate, by R Robinson
CodeNA6617
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1903/09Perkin, Arthur George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/003514Perkin, Arthur Georgend
NLB/55/655Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Martin Onslow] Forster, FRS11 July 1918
NLB/67/160Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur George] Perkin, FRS6 November 1924
NLB/62/599Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur George] Perkin, FRS21 March 1922
NLB/67/161Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Minister of the Mint6 November 1924
NLB/64/850Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur George] Perkin, FRS29 June 1923
NLB/67/191Copy letter of a notice sent to 'The Times'; 'The Morning Post'; 'The Daily Telegraph'; 'Nature'; the Press Association10 November 1924
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