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Authorised form of nameMuller; Hugo (1833 - 1915)
Dates1833 - 1915
Date of birth29 July 1833
Date of death23/05/1915
OccupationAnalytical Chemist
Research fieldHorticulture
ActivityEducation:
Leipzig; Gottingen; Munich. PhD (Gottingen)
Career:
Went to England; Assistant to Warren De La Rue (FRS 1850); worked with John Stenhouse (FRS 1848); gave up science; joined the firm De La Rue and Co, incharge of stamp department; retired from business; worked in the Davy-Faraday Laboratory, Royal Institution
Memberships:
FCS (1859, President 1885-1887)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1866
RelationshipsMarried Elizabeth Russell (died 1931)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1918-1919 vol 95 pp xii-xxv, plate, signed by H E A
References:
Lawrence Badash, 'British and American Views of the German Menace in World War I' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 91-121
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/77097425
CodeNA8263
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1866/07Muller, Hugo: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/12/179Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society31 December 1895
RR/8/61Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins.—Part II' by Carl Schorlemmer6 July 1877
NLB/2/154Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller [Royal Society]6 February 1888
NLB/2/157Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster [Royal Society]6 February 1888
NLB/2/961Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society14 January 1889
NLB/2/981Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society13 December 1888
NLB/7/392Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons6 February 1893
NLB/4/632Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, Professor William Edward Ayrton, Charles Baron Clarke, William Henry Mahoney Christie, Dr Hugo Muller, Dr Armstrong, and Professor Joseph John Thomson.25 July 1890
NLB/3/535Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society5 July 1889
NLB/4/1170Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society3 February 1891
NLB/5/227Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society17 April 1891
NLB/5/218Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Archibald Geikie, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society16 April 1891
NLB/5/616Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society23 July 1891
NLB/5/872Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society6 November 1891
NLB/10/843Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller18 February 1895
NLB/10/619Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Miller, Fellow of the Royal Society4 January 1895
NLB/5/673Copy letter from Theodore E James to Dr Hugo Müller, Fellow of the Royal Society1 September 1891
NLB/11/279Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society, Treasurer, Lawes Trust24 May 1895
NLB/12/149Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society18 December 1895
NLB/14/390Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society3 March 1897
NLB/17/749Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Herbert Rix15 December 1898
NLB/20/619Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society1 June 1900
NLB/21/625Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society19 December 1900
NLB/24/380Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society6 May 1902
NLB/24/675Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society16 June 1902
NLB/26/550Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society8 April 1903
NLB/46/676Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Hugo] Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society15 October 1912
RR/7/112Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the meteorites of Shalka and Breitenbach' by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne11 June 1871
RR/8/16Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller21 November 1877
RR/8/204Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the normal paraffins. —Part III' by Carl Schorlemmer6 December 1879
RR/8/155Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Müller29 November 1879
RR/9/12Referee's report by Hugo Müller, on a paper 'Chemical theory of gunpowder' by Heinrich Debus24 April 1882
RR/7/42Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the mineral constituents of meteorites' by Nevil Story Maskelyne16 February 1870
RR/9/136Referee's report by William Grylls Adams, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery. Part IV' by Warren De La Rue and Hugo Müller5 July 1883
RR/11/125Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'Voltaic cells with fused electrolytes' by J Brown30 January 1892
RR/8/94Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Müller3 May 1878
NLB/2/241Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society9 March 1888
NLB/12/209Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hugo Muller, Fellow of the Royal Society6 January 1896
RR/10/186Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the present position of the question of the sources of the nitrogen of vegetation, with some new results, and preliminary notice of new lines of investigation' by John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert28 June 1888
RR/8/272Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On the diastase of Kôji' by R W Atkinson15 May 1881
NLB/8/1028Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Henry Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society12 February 1894
RR/8/15Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'Experimental researches on the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller27 August 1877
PT/60/3Paper, 'On the resin of Ficus rubiginosa, and a near homologue of benzylic alcohol' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Müller[1859]
AP/38/36Paper, 'Chemical examination of Burmese naphtha, or Rangoon tar' by Warren de la Rue and Hugo Muller1856
RR/8/326Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on a paper 'On allotropic or active nitrogen and on the complete synthesis of ammonia' by George Stillingfleet Johnson11 December 1881
PP/2/41Paper, 'On the electric discharge with the chloride of silver battery' by Warren De La Rue and Hugo Muller1882
PP/7/16Paper, 'On the limited hydration of ammonium carbamate' by H J H [Henry John Horstman] Fenton1885
RR/12/273Referee's report by Hugo Muller, on two papers 'Experimental researches on vegetable assimilation and respiration.—No. I. On a new method for investigating the carbonic acid exchanges of plants' and 'Experimental researches on vegetable assimilation and respiration.—No. II. On the paths of gaseous exchange between aerial leaves and the atmosphere' by Frederick Frost Blackman9 January 1895
RR/4/65Referee's report by August Wilhelm von Hofmann, on a paper 'On the resin of ficus rubiginosa, and a new homologue of benzylic alcohol' by Warren De La Rue and Hugo Müller25 February 1860
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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