| Authorised form of name | Deacon; Sir; George Edward Raven (1906 - 1984) |
| Dates | 1906 - 1984 |
| Date of birth | 21/03/1906 |
| Date of death | 16/11/1984 |
| Activity | Honours:
CBE 1954; Kt 1971
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1944 |
| Age at election | 37 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1969 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1985 vol 31 pp 111-142, plate, by H Charnock
References:
G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98 |
| Code | NA7267 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RR/72/72 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The levels in the North Sea associated with the storm disturbance of 8 January 1949' by R H Corkan | 7 October 1949 |
| RR/72/182 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'A theory of the origin of microseisms' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | 5 October 1949 |
| EC/1944/06 | Deacon, Sir George Edward Raven: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/1589 | Deacon, Sir George Edward Raven | 1946 |
| EXP/11/1/1/234 | Halley Bay expedition file, 'Colonial contributions - Falklands C', SCAR/IGY | 1955-1957 |
| RR/73/267 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The aerodynamic drag of a free water surface' by J R D Francis | 23 November 1950 |
| RR/79/173 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The North Sea storm surge of 31 January and 1 February 1953' by J R Rossiter | 4 August 1953 |
| RR/77/218 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. I. The interior of the fluid' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | 10 November 1952 |
| RR/77/220 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. III. Waves in water of uniform depth' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | 10 November 1952 |
| RR/77/219 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. II. The boundary layers' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | 10 November 1952 |
| RR/73/294 | Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'An experimental study of the pressure variations in standing water waves' by R I B Cooper and Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins | 15 December 1950 |
| MDA/N/1/119 | Correspondence between George Edward Raven Deacon and the Royal Society | 21 August 1957-17 March 1959 |