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Authorised form of nameBridges; Edward Ettingdean (1892 - 1969); Baron Bridges
Dates1892 - 1969
NationalityBritish
Place of birthYattendon Manor, Berkshire, England
Date of birth04 August 1892
Date of death27/08/1969
ActivityHonours:
MC 1916; KCB 1939; GCB 1944; GCVO 1946; Baron 1957; KG 1965
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/05/1952
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1970 vol 16 pp 37-56, plate, by John Winnifrith
References:
William McGucken, 'The Royal Society and the Genesis of the Scientific Advisory Committee to Britain's War Cabinet, 1939-1940' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 87-115
CodeNA8144
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1952/30Bridges, Edward Ettingdean, Baron Bridges: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/1/33/5/1Order of Merit1967
IM/Meitner Graf/000555Bridges, Edward Ettingdean, Baron Bridgesnd
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