| Authorised form of name | Daniell; John Frederic (1790 - 1845); physicist |
| Dates | 1790 - 1845 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Essex Street, Strand, London, England |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1790 |
| Place of death | At the Royal Society, whilst attending a meeting of the Council, London |
| Date of death | 13 March 1845 |
| Research field | Meteorology |
| Chemistry |
| Electricity |
| Activity | Career:
Invented the hygrometer which was named after him (1820); made meteorological observations; invented a water barometer and a pyrometer (1832); Professor of Chemistry, King's College London (1831); invented the constant battery which was named after him and which won him the Copley Medal
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/05/1814 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
For Sec 1839-1845
Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1832; Copley Medal 1837; Royal Medal 1842 |
| Relationships | Brother of Edmund Robert Daniell (FRS 1828) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1845 No 62 pp 577-580
References:
David A Cumming, 'John MacCulloch, FRS, at Addiscombe: The Lectureships in Chemistry and Geology' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 155-183
V Gold, 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Appointment of J F Daniell, FRS, as Professor of Chemistry at King's College London' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 25-29
W H Brock, 'William Prout and Barometry' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 281-294
S Ross, 'Faraday Consults the Scholars: the Origins of the Terms of Electrochemistry' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 187-220
Notes:
Note on certificate "April 28th Ballot postponed there being only 17 members present" |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/15509252 |
| Royal Society code | NA8195 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/001053 | Daniell, John Frederic | nd |
| DM/1/29 | Letter from John Daniell, Gower Street, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 21 March 1831 |
| MM/3/9 | Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to Daniell | 2 February 1844 |
| DM/3/163 | JF Daniell, 'Memoranda of the construction of a Barometer for the Royal Society December 1822' | 1822 |
| MC/1/353 | Letter from [John Frederic] Daniell, King's College, to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 December 1831 |
| MC/4/66 | Letter from William Sharp, Humber Bank House, Hull, to the Royal Society | 9 April 1845 |
| MC/4/51 | Letter from D F Vander [Van de] Pant, Hall of the Batavian Society of experimental philosophy, Rotterdam, to [John Frederic Daniell] Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 January 1845 |
| MS/426/668 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to George Grove | 2 July 1859 |
| EC/1814/05 | Daniell, John Frederic: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| DM/3/103 | Letter from P M Roget, Secretary, Royal Society, to JF Daniell | 21 June 1831 |
| RR/1/44 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Further observations on voltaic combinations' by John Frederic Daniell | 1 June 1837 |
| MC/4/146 | Letter from [William] Allen Miller, King's College London, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 11 June 1846 |
| MC/1/324 | Draft letter from [Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society], Bernard Street, to [John Frederic] Daniell | 6 August 1831 |
| IM/001366 | Faraday, Michael and Daniell, John Frederic | nd |
| MC/3/174 | Letter from Christopher Hansteen, Christiania, to [John Frederic Daniell,] Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 June 1841 |
| PT/20/10 | Paper, 'On the water-barometer erected in the hall of the Royal Society' by J F [John Frederic] Daniell | [1832] |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/77 | Letter from [Carl Friedrich Philipp] von Martius, Munich, to John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 March 1840 |
| MC/3/116 | Letter from Major Edward Sabine, 3 St James's Place, to John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 November 1840 |
| MC/3/117 | Letter from John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, to Captain [John Augustus] Lloyd | 20 November 1840 |
| MC/3/164 | Letter from [Adolphe] Quetelet, [Secrétaire perpètuel de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres], Brussels, to John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 21 May 1841 |
| MC/3/198 | Letter from [Carl Friedrich Philipp] von Martius, Munich, to John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 January 1842 |
| MC/3/110 | Letter from Johannes Müller, Berlin, to John Frederic Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 November 1840 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| MS/426/102 | Copy letter from [John Frederic] Daniell, foreign secretary fo the Royal Society; to Mr. D. F Vander [Van de] Pant, Rotterdam, [Netherlands] | 30 October 1844 |
| MC/4/41 | Letter from D F Vander [Van de] Pant, Rotterdam, to [John Frederic] Daniell, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 25 October 1844 |
| MC/4/68 | Letter from William Allen Miller, King's College [London], to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 April 1845 |
| PT/74/4/5 | Diagrams, voltaic combinations by unknown artist | [1837] |
| AP/12/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the barometer' by J F [John Frederic] Daniell | [1826] |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| RR/1/258 | Referee's report by John Frederic Daniell, on a paper 'On the relative attractions of sulphuric acid for water, under particular circumstances: with suggestion of means of improving the ordinary process of manufacturing sulphuric acid' by Henry Hough Watson | 13 July 1838 |
| AP/23/8 | Paper, 'An account of experiments made with the view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a spark before the current of the voltaic battery is completed' by J P [John Peter] Gassiot | 25 August 1839 - 19 November 1839 |
| AP/23/8/1 | Manuscript, 'An account of experiments made with the view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a spark before the current of the voltaic battery is completed' by J P [John Peter] Gassiot | 25 August 1839 |
| PT/73/15/28 | Diagram, water barometer by Charles Stewart Drewry | [1832] |
| MS/257/2/1 | Letter from John Frederic Daniell, Norwood to James Clark Ross | 5 August 1839 |
| RR/1/261 | Referee's report by John Frederic Daniell, on a paper 'An account of several new instruments and processes for determining the constants of a voltaic circuit' by Charles Wheatstone | 24 June 1843 |
| AP/10/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the barometer' by J [John] Frederic Daniell | [1825] |
| PT/23/5 | Letter, 'Second letter on the electrolysis of secondary compounds' by J [John] Frederic Daniell to Michael Faraday | 29 April 1840 |
| PT/26/7 | Letter, 'Sixth letter on voltaic combinations' from J [John] Frederic Daniell to Michael Faraday | 12 April 1842 |
| PT/73/15/29 | Diagram, 'Comparison of the oscillations of the water barometer with those of the mercurial from hourly observations of Mr Hudson in July 1831' by unknown artist | July 1831 |
| HS/6/470 | Letter, from John F. Daniell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kings College London | 26 November 1831 |
| HS/25/2/31 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John F. Daniell, dated at Slough | 29 November 1831 |
| HS/25/2/29 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John F. Daniell, dated at Slough | 24 November 1831 |