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Authorised form of nameCathcart; Edward Provan (1877 - 1954)
Dates1877 - 1954
Date of birth18 July 1877
Date of death18/02/1954
ActivityEducation:
MD; DSc
Honours:
CBE 1924
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/05/1920
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1954 vol 9 pp 35-53, plate, by George M Wishart
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/74239637
CodeNA774
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1920/04Cathcart, Edward Provan: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000765Cathcart, Edward Provannd
NLB/69/788Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Edward Provan] Cathcart, FRS14 October 1926
RR/67/63Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'Adrenaline and muscular exercise' by F C Courtice, Claude Gordon Douglas and J G PriestleyApril 1939
RR/48/126Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'The effect of atmospheric humidity on the metabolism of the fasting mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L., Coleoptera)' by Kenneth Mellanby[July 1932]
RR/54/64Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'The energy output of coal miners during work and its relation to ford requirements' by K N MossMarch 1935
RR/65/63Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'Carbohydrate metabolism and muscular exercise' by F C Courtice, Claude Gordon Douglas and J G PriestleyNovember 1938
NLB/62/790Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Edward Provan] Cathcart, FRS8 May 1922
NLB/57/881Copy letter from unknown correspondent; to unknown correspondent26 February 1920
NLB/66/205Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Edward Provan] Cathcart, FRS14 March 1924
RR/34/98Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'The relation between oxygen requirement and speed in running' by R M Sargent22 February 1926
NLB/69/173Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Renton] Elliott, FRS20 January 1926
IM/GA/Russell/10169Cathcart, Edward Provannd
NLB/69/236Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Edward Provan] Cathcart, FRS12 February 1926
MDA/C/17/2/9Letter from Edward Proven Cathcart, Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, to Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary, the Royal Society, London 7 May 1922
RR/34/78Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'Basal metabolism as determined by the respiratory exchange' by F A Pickworth20 December 1926
RR/37/59Referee's report by Edward Provan Cathcart, on a paper 'A study of the metabolism of two breeds of pig: with some remarks on a third' by J DeightonSeptember 1928
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