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Authorised form of nameRowland; Henry Augustus (1848 - 1901)
Dates1848 - 1901
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthHonesdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of birth27 November 1848
Place of deathBaltimore, Maryland, USA
Date of death16/04/1901
Research fieldPhysics
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (after 1876)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election05/12/1889
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 253-257, plate, signed by H L C
CodeNA6981
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1889/20Rowland, Henry Augustus: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/15/74Letter from Henry Augustus Rowland, Baltimore, to the President and Council of the Royal Society21 April 1890
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
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