| Authorised form of name | Glaisher; James (1809 - 1903) |
| Surname | Glaisher |
| Forenames | James |
| Dates | 1809 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Rotherhithe, London, England (07 April 1809)
Death:
'The Shola', Croydon, Surrey (07 February 1903) |
| Activity | Profession:
Meteorologist
Research Field:
Meteorology
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) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
7/06/1849 |
| 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 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| AP/32/10 | On the meteorology of England during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849 | 1850 |
| MM/11/101 | Simultaneous readings of two barometers by James Glaisher | 1849 |
| 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 |
| 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/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 |
| 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 | |
| AP/34/7 | 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 | 1852 |
| MS/910 | Collected papers of scientific content for the Illustrated London Almanack, edited by James Glaisher | 1845-1857 |