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Authorised form of nameFletcher; Sir; Walter Morley (1873 - 1933); physiologist and medical administrator
Dates1873 - 1933
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLiverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of birth21 July 1873
Place of deathBrompton Hospital, Kensington, London, England
Date of death07/06/1933
Dates and placesBurial:
Trumpington burial-ground, Cambridge, England
Occupationphysiologist and medical administrator
Research fieldPhysiology
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge BA; MA; MD; MB
Career:
Worked under Michael Foster (FRS 1872) in physiological laboratories (c 1890s); tutor at Trinity College (1905-1914); secretary of the Medical Research Committee, renamed the Medical Research Council in 1920 (1914); suffered a serious attack of pneumonia (1915-1916); member of the royal commission on the universities of Oxford and Cambridge (1919-1922); travelled to India as chairman of the Indian government committee for the organisation of medical research (1928); died from a sudden infection (1933).
Honours:
KBE 1918; CB 1929
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1915
Age at election42
ProposerJohn Newport Langley; Ernest Henry Starling; William Maddock Bayliss; William Dobinson Halliburton; William Bate Hardy; Charles James Martin; Arthur Harden; Frederick Gowland Hopkins; Charles Scott Sherrington
Royal Society activityLectures:
Croonian 1915 (jointly)
RelationshipsParents: Alfred Evans Fletcher, civil servant, and wife, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Morley.
Spouse: Mary Frances, second daughter of Charles James Cropper, of Ellergreen, Kendal.
Children: Charles Montague Fletcher, epidemiologist, and one daughter.
Published worksRCN 39399
General contextRemembered for his work on muscle physiology.
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 153-163, plate, by Thomas Renton Elliott
References:
Joseph Needham, 'Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, OM, FRS (1861-1947)' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 117-162
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/84812181
Royal Society codeNA7844
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
NLB/63/233Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Sir Walter Fletcher, FRS20 July 1922
IM/001450Fletcher, Sir Walter Morleynd
CD/19/36Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Walter Fletcher10 November 1923
NLB/57/420Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent4 November 1919
NLB/52/467Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Walter Morley Fletcher, FRS15 December 1915
NLB/70/24Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health; Whitehall, S.W.1.3 December 1926
NLB/64/645Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, FRS23 May 1923
NLB/51/670Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Acting Biological Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Walter Morley Fletcher FRS, National Health Insurance Commission, Buckingham Gate, SW19 May 1915
NLB/52/232Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, Vice President of the Royal Society; to Dr. Walter Morley Fletcher, FRS21 October 1915
NLB/52/283Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Walter Morley Fletcher, FRS2 November 1915
NLB/52/347Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Walter Morley Fletcher, FRS11 November 1915
NLB/54/294Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter] Morley Fletcher, FRS26 March 1917
NLB/60/35Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS3 December 1920
NLB/54/716Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS20 August 1917
NLB/54/104Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS6 February 1917
NLB/54/180Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS26 February 1917
NLB/54/844Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS18 October 1917
NLB/54/714Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS17 August 1917
NLB/56/891Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS20 June 1919
NLB/56/462Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS15 February 1919
NLB/59/468Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS5 October 1920
NLB/56/823Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS3 June 1919
NLB/58/145Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS19 March 1920
NLB/58/853Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS25 June 1920
CD/64/20Letter from Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, 15 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, to Wiliam Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society21 March 1921
CD/8/4Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Walter Fletcher27 May 1920
NLB/58/641Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS2 June 1920
NLB/60/675Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS11 March 1921
NLB/60/109Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS10 December 1920
CD/64/35Letter from Sir William Rice Edwards, Office of Director General, Indian Medical Service, Simla, to Walter Morley Fletcher 4 May 1922
NLB/59/623Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS25 October 1920
CD/64/33Letter from Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, York Building, Adelphi. London, to [William Bate] Hardy16 May 1922
NLB/60/144Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS14 December 1920
NLB/60/152Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS15 December 1920
NLB/60/129Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS13 December 1920
NLB/57/600Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to WM How, Esq, Bailiff & Bursar of Schrewsbury [sic] School15 December 1919
NLB/60/744Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS22 March 1921
NLB/66/465Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, Ministry of Health, Whitehall, S.W16 May 1924
CD/64/8Letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Walter Morley Fletcher3 December 1920
NLB/57/342Copy letter from Sir Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS21 October 1919
NLB/57/616Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS15 December 1919
NLB/57/811Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Sir Walter Morley] Fletcher, FRS12 February 1920
NLB/62/71Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS25 November 1921
NLB/57/838Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS, KBE20 February 1920
NLB/66/42Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, FRS12 February 1924
NLB/57/132Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, FRS, KBE27 July 1919
CD/64/37Letter from Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, York Building, Adelphi, London, to [William Bate] Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society15 June 1922
NLB/65/447Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, KBE, FRS1 November 1923
CD/64/21Letter from Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, 15 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, to Francis Alexander Towle23 March 1921
CD/64/36Letter from Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, York Building, Adelphi, London, to [William Bate] Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society22 May 1922
NLB/64/795Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, FRS19 June 1923
NLB/65/511Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS10 November 1923
NLB/65/866Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, KBE, FRS19 January 1924
NLB/65/344Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS18 October 1923
NLB/70/22Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Malet Street, W.C.1.3 December 1926
NLB/67/815Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, KBE, FRS14 March 1925
NLB/66/481Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; Sir [Walter Morley] Fletcher, K.B.E, FRS16 May 1924
NLB/68/214Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, KBE, FRS28 May 1925
NLB/70/594Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, KBE, FRS30 May 1927
NLB/69/937Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, K.B.E., FRS20 November 1926
NLB/69/179Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Walter [Morley] Fletcher, K.B.E, FRS23 January 1926
NLB/68/943Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter Fletcher, KBE, FRS4 December 1925
CD/19/64Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Walter Fletcher12 February 1924
NLB/58/593Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS27 May 1920
IM/001449Fletcher, Sir Walter Morleynd
RR/23/29Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'The respiratory process in muscle and the nature of muscular motion' by Walter Morley Fletcher and Frederick Gowland HopkinsDecember 1916
RR/23/28Referee's report by Hugh Kerr Anderson, on a paper 'The respiratory process in muscle and the nature of muscular motion' by Walter Morley Fletcher and Frederick Gowland HopkinsDecember 1916
NLB/59/155Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS22 July 1920
NLB/57/621Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS17 December 1919
NLB/69/692Copy letter from Sir Ernest Rutherford, President of the Royal Society; to Sir Walter [Morley] Fletcher, FRS23 July 1926
CD/19/24Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Walter Fletcher6 July 1923
CD/64/17Letter from N.M. Muzumdar, Tata Sons Limited, Navsari Buildings, Fort, Bombay, to Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, Medical Research Council, 15 Buckingham Street, Strand, London18 February 1921
EC/1915/05Fletcher, Sir Walter Morley: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/58New Letter Book volume 58, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration28 February 1920-9 July 1920
NLB/59New Letter Book volume 59, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1920-2 December 1920
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
MC/32/88Letter from [Walter Morley] Fletcher, Medical Research Committee, 15 Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]7 February 1917
MC/34/164Letter from William M. How, 9 Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W16 December 1919
MC/39Volume 39 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1925
MC/39/35Letter from Walter [Morley] Fletcher, Medical Research Council, 15 York Buldings, Adelphi, London, to [William Bate] Hardy8 June 1925
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