| Authorised form of name | Adams; Frank Dawson (1859 - 1942) |
| Dates | 1859 - 1942 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Place of birth | Montreal, Canada |
| Date of birth | 17 September 1859 |
| Place of death | Montreal, Canada |
| Date of death | 26/12/1942 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
PhD (Heidelberg); DSc (Montreal)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1907 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 381-393, plate, by J S Fleet
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Code | NA768 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PIF/A/8 | Personal information file: Frank Dawson Adams | 1942 |
| IM/000027 | Adams, Frank Dawson | nd |
| NLB/21/328 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Dr Frank Dawson Adams, [Fellow of the Royal Society] and Dr J T Nicolson | 1 November 1900 |
| NLB/21/115 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Frank Dawson Adams and Dr J T Nicholson [John Thomas Nicolson] | 30 July 1900 |
| NLB/21/91 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 July 1900 |
| NLB/44/299 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor F [Frank] D [Dawson] Adams FRS | 10 June 1911 |
| NLB/35/443 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Frank Dawson Adams, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 June 1907 |
| NLB/35/803 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Frank Dawson Adams, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 18 July 1907 |
| NLB/35/819 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 19 July 1907 |
| NLB/47/637 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor F [Frank] D [Dawson] Adams FRS | 6 March 1913 |
| NLB/54/579 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frank Dawson] Adams, FRS | 25 June 1917 |
| EC/1907/01 | Adams, Frank Dawson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/15/1 | Referee's report by William Chander Roberts-Austen, on a paper 'An experimental investigation into the flow of marble' by Frank Dawson Adams and John Thomas Nicolson | July 1900 |
| RR/15/2 | Referee's report by Lazarus Fletcher, on a paper 'An experimental investigation into the flow of marble' by Frank Dawson Adams and John Thomas Nicolson | 26 July 1900 |