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Authorised form of nameHicks; William Mitchinson (1850 - 1934)
Dates1850 - 1934
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLaunceston, Cornwall, England
Date of birth23 September 1850
Place of deathCrowshurst, Sussex
Date of death17/08/1934
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Crowshurst, Sussex
Research fieldPhysics
Mathematics
ActivityEducation:
BA (1873, 7th Wrangler), MA (1876), St John's College Cambridge
Career:
Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Firth College, Sheffield (1883-1892); Principal of Firth College, Sheffield (1892-1897); Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield (1892-1917); Principal of University College, Sheffield (1897-1905); guided the development of Firth College into a University College; first Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield (1905)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1885
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1912
RelationshipsSon of Samuel Hicks, school master; married (1887) Ellen (died 1920) daughter of H S Perrin
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 393-399, plate, by S R Milner
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57375804
CodeNA6683
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/Maull/002083Hicks, William Mitchinsonnd
IM/Maull/002082Hicks, William Mitchinsonnd
IM/002085Hicks, William Mitchinsonnd
NLB/6/870Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Mitchinson Hicks27 July 1892
NLB/5/258Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, [Fellow of the Royal Society]23 April 1891
NLB/6/1178Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]5 November 1892
NLB/10/302Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society 7 November 1894
NLB/11/116Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Preece, Fellow of the Royal Society24 April 1895
NLB/11/128Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society26 April 1895
NLB/11/475Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Dunheved, Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield10 July 1895
NLB/38New Letter Book volume 38, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration1 June 1908-12 November 1908
RR/17/308Referee's report by William Mitchenson Hicks, on a paper 'The condensation of certain organic vapours' by Thomas Howell LabyApril 1908
RR/15/213Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The integration of the equations of propagation of electric waves' by Augustus Edward Hough LoveFebruary 1901
RR/15/176Second referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The pear shaped and other figures of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid' by George Howard DarwinOctober 1901
RR/16/29Referee's report by William Mitchison Hicks on a paper 'The Laws governing electric discharges in gases at low pressures' by W R CarrApril 1903
RR/17/164Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the frictional resistances to the flow of air through a pipe' by John H Grindley and A H Gibson[June 1907]
NLB/17/58Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society8 July 1898
NLB/16/692Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor W M Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1898
NLB/23/1/83Copy letter from R Chapman, to Principal William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society13 September 1901
NLB/38/348Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee17 July 1908
NLB/23/1/775Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Sheffield 21 January 1902
NLB/24/209Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society25 March 1902
NLB/25/132Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society20 August 1902
NLB/26/569Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society21 April 1903
NLB/29/533Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society1 November 1904
NLB/27/852Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society11 December 1903
NLB/28/600Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to E Howarth, Public Museum, Sheffield16 April 1904
NLB/28/787Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society20 May 1904
NLB/32/708Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]12 May 1906
NLB/34/217Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society13 December 1906
NLB/35/325Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Schuster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee15 May 1907
NLB/41/554Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society12 January 1910
NLB/38/268Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society8 July 1908
NLB/37/183Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS10 February 1908
NLB/37/213Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee14 February 1908
NLB/38/236Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee3 July 1908
NLB/38/171Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society23 June 1908
NLB/38/238Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society6 July 1908
NLB/37/488Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Wm [William] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics & Chemistry Sectional Committee27 March 1908
NLB/36/878Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society6 January 1908
NLB/38/612Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor William Mitchison Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society8 October 1908
NLB/39/56Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks18 November 1908
NLB/37/637Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society23 April 1908
NLB/37/640Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J Larmor, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Royal Society23 April 1908
NLB/37/647Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [Joseph] Larmor, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Royal Society24 April 1908
NLB/37/689Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics & Chemistry Sectional Committee1 May 1908
NLB/37/882Copy Letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor W [William Mitchinson] Hicks29 May 1908
NLB/38/292Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society10 July 1908
NLB/38/303Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics Committee13 July 1908
NLB/38/376Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee23 July 1908
NLB/40/43Copy letter from Alfred Bray Kempe to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS, May Park Road, Sheffield26 March 1909
NLB/40/517Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to [William Mitchinson] Hicks18 June 1909
NLB/40/739Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to [William Mitchinson] Hicks27 July 1909
NLB/41/94Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchison Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society13 October 1909
NLB/42/260Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, Secretary RS to Professor W [William] H [Hicks] FRS, Leamhurst, Ivy Parl, Sheffield3 May 1910
NLB/42/258Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS3 May 1910
NLB/42/327Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS 23 May 1910
NLB/42/469Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks18 June 1910
NLB/42/530Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS27 June 1910
NLB/43/48Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society27 October 1910
NLB/43/44Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society27 October 1910
NLB/43/101Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society5 November 1910
NLB/44/560Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS8 August 1911
NLB/45/458Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to [William Mitchinson] Hicks7 March 1912
NLB/46/335Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society11 July 1912
NLB/45/345Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professro W [William] M [Mithinson] Hicks FRS17 February 1912
NLB/47/19Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS13 November 1912
NLB/47/48Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mitchinson] Hicks FRS20 November 1912
NLB/55/232Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS28 January 1918
NLB/50/186Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1914
RR/23/68Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the distribution of intensity in broadened spectrum lines' by John William Nicholson and Thomas Ralph Merton1916
RR/17/300Referee's report by William Mitchenson Hicks, on a paper 'An apparatus for measurements of the defining power of objectives' by James de Graaff-HunterOctober 1908
RR/19/84Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the series lines in the arc spectrum of Mercury' by John Cunningham McLennannd [1912]
RR/19/67Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.–Part II. The p and s sequences and the atomic volume term' by William Mitchinson Hicks[February 1912]
RR/17/352Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The specific heats of air and carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure by the continuous electric method at 20 degrees celsius and 100 degrees celsius' by W F G Swann 16 June 1909
RR/20/98Referee report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the displacements of the particles and their paths in some cases of two-dimensional motion of a frictionless liquid' by W B HortonJune 1913
NLB/53/378Copy letter from [Dr.] Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS20 July 1916
NLB/56/680Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]14 April 1919
RR/20/64Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series - Part III - The atomic weight term and its import in the constitution of spectra' by William Mitchinson HicksJune 1913
RR/21/117Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the origin of the absorption spectra of certain types of organic compounds' by N P McCleland[April 1914]
RR/20/65Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series - Part III - The atomic weight term and its import in the constitution of spectra' by William Mitchinson HicksJuly 1913
RR/19/66Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.–Part II. The p and s sequences and the atomic volume term' by William Mitchinson Hicks[March 1912]
RR/24/2Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Characteristic frequency and atomic number' by Herbert Stanley Allen[June 1917]
RR/23/41Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series - Part IV -The structure of spark spectra' by William Mitchinson HicksJune 1916
RR/23/40Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series - Part IV -The structure of spark spectra' by William Mitchinson Hicks1916
RR/25/31Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On intensity relations in the spectrum of helium' by Thomas Ralph Merton and John William Nicholson[May 1918]
NLB/56/353Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS18 January 1919
RR/10/9Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the motion of a sphere in a viscous liquid' by Alfred Barnard Basset26 December 1887
RR/8/228Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the motion of two spheres in a fluid' by William Mitchinson Hicks6 January 1880
RR/8/323Letter from Thomas Henry Huxley, to William Spottiswoode, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks2 October 1881
RR/17/316Referee's report by William Mitchenson Hicks, on a paper 'The mechanism of the adsorption of hydrogen by carbon' by James William McBain29 November 1908
NLB/56/894Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS20 June 1919
RR/9/277Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex. Part II' by William Mitchinson Hicks8 October 1885
RR/11/248Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The potential of an anchor ring' by Frank Watson Dyson8 May 1893
RR/22/85Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The band spectrum associated with helium' by John William NicholsonMay 1915
RR/17/457Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The relative motion of the Earth and the ether' by H A WilsonJanuary 1910
RR/11/108Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Stability and instability of viscous liquids' by Alfred Barnard Basset3 November 1892
RR/12/373Detailed referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The complete system of the periods of a hollow vortex ring' by Henry Cabourn Pocklington[1895]
RR/11/144Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The potential of an anchor ring' by Frank Watson Dyson27 July 1892
RR/12/372Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The complete system of the periods of a hollow vortex ring' by Henry Cabourn Pocklington23 June 1895
RR/12/345Second letter from A H Leahy, to William Mitchinson Hicks, regarding a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy16 February 1895
RR/18/22Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Some phenomena of magnetic disturbances at Kew' by Charles ChreeMarch 1910
NLB/61/880Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS8 November 1921
RR/22/99Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The newtonian constant of gravitation as affected by temperature' by P E ShawNovember 1915
RR/27/75Referee's report by Thomas Henry Havelock, on a paper 'On the mutual threading of vortex rings' by William Mitchinson HicksJuly 1922
NLB/57/314Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent13 October 1919
RR/43/61Referee's report by John Cunningham McLennan, on a paper 'Notes on the spectrum of gold' by William Mitchinson HicksMarch 1932
RR/17/411Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.— Part I. The alkalies H and He' by William Mitchinson HicksNovember 1909
NLB/57/256Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent30 September 1919
NLB/60/796Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS6 April 1921
NLB/57/13Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor WM [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS30 June 1919
NLB/57/101Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook, FRS23 July 1919
RR/9/278Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex. Part II' by William Mitchinson Hicks20 November 1885
RR/9/218Referee's report by Charles Niven, on a paper 'On the steady motion and small vibrations a hollow vortex' by William Mitchinson Hicks16 February 1884
NLB/57/227Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs. Harrison & Sons20 September 1919
NLB/63/501Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS30 October 1922
NLB/65/832Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS15 January 1924
RR/18/47Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Optical dispersion : an analysis of its actual dependence upon physical conditions' by Thomas Henry HavelockNovember 1910
RR/8/321Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks21 July 1881
RR/8/320Committee report, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicksnd [1881]
NLB/66/72Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS18 February 1924
NLB/65/801Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS4 January 1924
NLB/64/818Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS, Vancouver [British Colombia] Canada21 June 1923
NLB/65/895Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS24 January 1924
NLB/65/897Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann, FRS25 January 1924
RR/28/105Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'The constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks[June 1923]
NLB/66/139Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Mitchinson] Hicks, FRS28 February 1924
RR/42/19Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The steady broadside motion of an anchor ring in an infinite viscous liquid' by F E Relton17 November 1931
NLB/69/288Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Charles Galton] Darwin, FRS22 February 1926
EC/1885/10Hicks, William Mitchinson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002084Hicks, William Mitchinsonnd
NLB/27/509Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchison Hicks, Fellows of the Royal Society12 October 1903
NLB/11/108Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Preece, Fellow of the Royal Society22 April 1895
NLB/38/1Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Mitchison Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee1 June 1908
NLB/37/21Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks FRS10 January 1908
RR/19/85Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'On the constitution of the mercury green line ? = 5461 Å. U., and on the magnetic resolution its satellites by an echelon grating' by John Cunningham McLennan[May 1912]
RR/20/137Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Similarity of motion in relation to the surface friction of fluids' by Thomas Edward Stanton and J R PannellJanuary 1914
RR/21/71Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on the Bakerian Lecture 'Series lines in spark spectra' by Alfred Fowler[May 1914]
RR/14/57Referee's report by Joseph John Thomson, on a paper 'Researches in vortex motion.—Part III. On spiral or gyrostatic vortex aggregates' by William Mitchinson Hicks16 March 1898
RR/8/318Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks4 May 1881
RR/15/173Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The pear shaped and other figures of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid' by George Howard DarwinSeptember 1901
NLB/36/775Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Burnside, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Mathematics Sectional Committee13 December 1907
NLB/50/241Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Fellow of the Royal Society29 May 1914
RR/21/58Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Wave-lengths of hydrogen lines and determination of the series constant' by William Edward Curtis[June 1914]
RR/8/322Letter from William Spottiswoode, to Thomas Henry Huxley, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks23 July 1881
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
AP/71/8/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics' by A H [Arthur Herbert] Leahy22 December 1894
RR/18/5Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Some new facts connected with the motions of oscillating water' by Herta Ayrton[December 1910]
MDA/C/30/1/11Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, Leamhurst, Ivy Park Road, Sheffield, to Joseph Larmor31 January 1909
MDA/C/32/1/3Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, the University, Sheffield, to Joseph Larmor20 January 1910
MDA/C/30/1/18Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, Leamhurst, Ivy Park Road, Sheffield, to Alfred Bray Kempe31 January 1909
MDA/C/30/1/2Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, Dunheyed, Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield, to Sir William [Huggins]17 October 1904
MDA/C/30/1/3Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, Dunheyed, Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield, to Sir William [Huggins]18 October 1904
RR/12/346Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy18 February 1895
RR/29/1Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'On the constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks25 May 1923
RR/12/376Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'The complete system of the periods of a hollow vortex ring' by Henry Cabourn Pocklington21 July 1895
AP/70/8Unpublished paper, 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H [Arthur Herbert] Leahy1894
RR/12/385Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'Theorems on the attraction of ellipsoids for certain laws of force other than the inverse square' by Edward John Routh24 August 1895
AP/71/8Unpublished paper, 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics' by A H [Arthur Herbert] Leahy22 December 1894
AP/70/8/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H [Arthur Herbert] Leahy1894
RR/8/281Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks, and two untraced papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher24 June 1881
RR/8/319Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks20 June 1881
RR/14/58Referee's report by Micaiah John Muller Hill, on a paper 'Researches in vortex motion.—Part III. On spiral or gyrostatic vortex aggregates' by William Mitchinson Hicksnd [1898]
RR/17/412Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.— Part I. The alkalies H and He' by William Mitchinson Hicks[December 1909]
RR/25/20Referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.—Part V. The spectra of the monatomic gases' by William Mitchinson Hicks[August 1918]
RR/25/21Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'A critical study of spectral series.—Part V. The spectra of the monatomic gases' by William Mitchinson Hicks[July 1918]
RR/28/104Referee's report by Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell, on a paper 'The constitution of the secondary spectrum of hydrogen' by William Mitchinson Hicks[February 1924]
RR/33/98Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The quantum deviation of the Zeeman effect' by William Mitchinson HicksMarch 1926
RR/33/99Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The quantum deviation of the Zeeman effect' by William Mitchinson HicksDecember 1925
RR/43/60Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Notes on the spectrum of gold' by William Mitchinson Hicks12 January 1932
MC/14/22Letter from [Franz Arthur Friedrich] Schuster, Manchester, to [Walter] White14 February 1885
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/19/433Letter from [William Mitchinson] Hicks, Dunheyed, Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison2 November 1904
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
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