| Authorised form of name | Glaisher; James (1809 - 1903) |
| Dates | 1809 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rotherhithe, London, England |
| Date of birth | 07 April 1809 |
| Place of death | The Shola', Croydon, Surrey |
| Date of death | 07/02/1903 |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
| Research field | Meteorology |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant, Cambridge University Observatory (1833); Chief of Magnetic and Meteorological Department, Greenwich (1838-1874); prepared meteorological reports for the Registrar General (1847-1902); made balloon ascents with Henry Coxwell; Superintendent of the Magnetical and Meteorological Department of the Royal Observatory, under the Astronomer Royal.
Memberships:
FRAS; FRMS (President 1867-1868)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
| Relationships | Son of James Glaisher; married (1843) Cecilia Louisa, youngest daughter of Henry Belville, Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; father of James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (FRS 1875) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
W H McCrea, 'The Royal Observatory and the Study of Gravitation' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 133-140, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57395186 |
| Royal Society code | NA8224 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/21/70 | Letter from James Glaisher to the Council of the Royal Society | 15 January 1850 |
| IM/Maull/001669 | Glaisher, James | nd |
| MS/743/1/54 | Letter from James Glaisher, Blackheath, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 4 October 1862 |
| AP/34/7 | Unpublished paper, 'Determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich [London] in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher | 1852 |
| IM/001668 | Glaisher, James | nd |
| IM/001670 | Glaisher, James | 1891 |
| NLB/4/1174 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Glaisher, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 February 1891 |
| NLB/26/221 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 February 1903 |
| RR/2/71 | Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year, as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher | 23 February 1853 |
| RR/1/75 | Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher | [1847] |
| 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/1849/07 | Glaisher, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/2/72 | Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'On the determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year, as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher | 22 March 1853 |
| MS/910 | Collected papers of scientific content for the Illustrated London Almanack, edited by James Glaisher | 1845-1857 |
| PT/33/1 | Observations, relating to 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher | 1841-1844 |
| PT/40/6 | Paper, 'On the relation of the air and evaporation temperatures, to the temperature of the dew point, as determined by Mr Glaisher's hygrometrical tables, founded on the factors deduced from the six hourly observations made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich' by John Fletcher Miller | 20 October 1849 |
| PT/34/8 | Paper, 'On the corrections to be applied to the monthly mean of meteorological observations taken at any hour, to convert them into mean monthly values' by James Glaisher | 10 February 1848 |
| PT/35/11 | Paper, 'On the reduction of the thermometrical observations made at the apartments of the Royal Society, from the years 1774 to 1781, and from the years 1787 to 1843' by James Glaisher | [1849] |
| PT/32/9 | Paper, 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher | [1847] |
| MM/11/101 | Simultaneous readings of two barometers by James Glaisher | 1849 |
| MC/4/275 | Letter from James Glaisher, 13 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, to [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 13 February 1849 |
| MC/4/286 | Letter from James Glaisher, 13 Dartmouth Terrace, Blackheath, to Samuel Hunter Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 4 June 1849 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MC/8/16 | Letter from James Glaisher, President of the Royal Microscopial Society, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 23 February 1867 |
| AP/32/10 | Unpublished paper, 'On the meteorology of England during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849' by James Glaisher | 1850 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| AP/34/7/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Determination of the mean temperature of every day in the year as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich [London] in the years from 1814 to 1851' by James Glaisher | 1852 |
| AP/34/7/2 | Unpublished graph, 'Diagram shewing the mean temperature of every day of the year at Greenwich as deduced from the observations taken at the Royal Observatory from January 1st 1814 to December 31st 1851 and curve shewing the adopted mean temperature as deduced from all the observations' by James Glaisher | 1852 |