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Authorised form of nameDuddell; William (1872 - 1917)
Other forms of nameWilliam Du Bois
Dates1872 - 1917
Date of birth01 July 1872
Date of death04/11/1917
OccupationElectrical engineer
ActivityHonours:
CBE 1917 (posthumously)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/05/1907
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1912
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1917-1918 vol 94 pp xxxiv-xxxv, plate, signed by J S
Royal Society codeNA6948
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
M/126Duddell Medal of the Physical Society1922
M/204Duddell, William Du Bois CBE1917
IM/001207Duddell, Williamnd
RR/15/149Referee's report by Andrew Gray, on a paper 'The mechanism of the electric arc' by Phoebe Sarah Hertha Marks AyrtonDecember 1901
RR/15/180Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William Duddell7 February 1904
NLB/23/1/698Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, [Fellow of the Royal Society], 47 Hans Place, S.W.6 January 1902
NLB/23/1/636Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Duddell, [Fellow of the Royal Society]16 December 1901
NLB/43/333Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society13 December 1910
NLB/32/553Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell3 April 1906
NLB/32/865Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell8 June 1906
NLB/35/72Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, 47 Hans Place, S.W.12 April 1907
NLB/36/690Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons2 December 1907
NLB/35/774Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons16 July 1907
NLB/38/656Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society19 October 1908
NLB/41/420Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society10 December 1909
NLB/40/152Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Duddell FRS26 April 1909
NLB/41/589Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society18 January 1910
NLB/45/143Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Duddell FRS, 56 Victoria Street, SW5 January 1912
NLB/46/145Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1912
NLB/47/141Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Duddell FRS7 December 1912
NLB/46/694Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Duddell, Fellow of the Royal Society18 October 1912
NLB/51/56Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to William Duddell, FRS30 November 1914
NLB/51/48Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to William Duddell, FRS26 November 1914
NLB/52/371Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Charles Herbert Lees, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee and FRS19 November 1915
RR/22/48Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'The consumption of carbon in the electric arc. No. III - The anode loss' by W Geoffrey Duffield16 November 1915
RR/21/50Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the measurement of alternating electric currents of high frequency' by Albert Campbell and David William Dye30 June 1914
RR/22/47Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'The consumption of carbon in the electric arc. I - Variation with current and arc-length. II. - Influence upon the luminous radiation from the arc' by W Geoffrey DuffieldAugust 1915
RR/15/179Referee's report by Professor Andrew Gray, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William DuddellDecember 1901
NLB/37/140Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Duddell FRS30 January 1908
RR/21/14Referee's report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the flow of electricity through dielectrics, etc' by G E Bairsto[June 1914]
EC/1907/11Duddell, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/36/883Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to James Swinburne, Fellow of the Royal Society7 January 1908
RR/15/178Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William Duddell12 August 1901
RR/15/181Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William DuddellMarch 1904
RR/21/15Committee report by William Duddell, on a paper 'On the flow of electricity through dielectrics, etc' by G E Bairsto26 November 1914
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