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Authorised form of nameSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930)
Dates1863 - 1930
NationalityBritish
Place of birth9 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth18 October 1863
Place of death40 Chester Square, London
Date of death19/02/1930
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1915
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1931 vol 130 pp xiii-xv, plate, signed by A R
References:
J D McGee, 'The Contribution of A A Campbell Swinton, FRS, to Television - A Correction' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 p 119
J D McGee, 'The Contribution of A A Campbell Swinton, FRS, to Television' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 91-105
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/100721340
CodeNA8285
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1915/14Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/7/954Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, S.W.2 June 1893
IM/007141Group photograph1911
MC/20/414Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, London, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London9 November 1905
NLB/2/426Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alan Archibald Cambell Swinton [Fellow of the Royal Society]19 June 1888
NLB/18/616Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to [A A C] Swinton11 April 1899
NLB/13/428Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, S.W. [2] September 1896
NLB/14/579Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Henry Preece, Fellow of the Royal Society1 April 1897
NLB/14/656Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons26 April 1897
NLB/14/840Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, Fellow of the Royal Society27 May 1897
NLB/14/402Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, [Fellow of the Royal Society], 66 Victoria Street, S.W.5 March 1896
NLB/35/381Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton[27] May 1907
NLB/15/889Copy letter from Richard Tetley Glazebrook, to Messrs Harrison & Sons10 January 1898
NLB/16/712Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to A A Campbell Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, S.W.24 May 1898
NLB/16/721Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to W H Preece, Fellow of the Royal Society, Telegraph Department, General Post Office25 May 1898
NLB/17/186Copy letter from Theodore E James, to F J Rebman, Rebman Publishing Company16 August 1898
NLB/18/321Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to A A C Swinton22 February 1899
NLB/18/756Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons8 May 1899
NLB/39/107Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to A [Alan] A [Archibald] Campbell Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, SWNovember 1908
NLB/35/210Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton1 May 1907
NLB/35/169Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton25 April 1907
NLB/37/511Copy letter from the Royal Society to The Editor of "The Chemical News", 16 Newcastle Street, Farringdon Street, EC31 March 1908
NLB/37/754Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Honorable C [Charles] A [Algernon] Parsons, Fellow of the Royal Society8 May 1908
NLB/39/527Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alan] A [Archibald] Campbell Swinton2 February 1909
NLB/52/531Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Messrs Harrison & Sons7 January 1916
NLB/51/742Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton FRS14 June 1915
NLB/52/251Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS25 October 1915
NLB/52/288Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Proceedings of the Royal Society3 November 1915
NLB/52/289Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society3 November 1915
NLB/52/532Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS7 January 1916
NLB/52/509Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS4 January 1916
RR/17/230Referee's report by Harold Albert Wilson, on a paper 'On the electrification of anticathode reflections under cathode ray bombardment' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton[April 1907]
NLB/58/381Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS28 April 1920
NLB/58/404Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Cambell Swinton Esquire, FRS30 April 1920
NLB/58/261Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton Esquire; FRS13 April 1920
NLB/59/422Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton Esquire, FRS1 October 1920
NLB/59/33Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS12 July 1920
NLB/60/798Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton Esquire, FRS7 April 1921
NLB/62/628Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton Esquire, FRS28 March 1922
NLB/62/844Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS19 May 1922
NLB/62/746Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton Esquire, FRS26 April 1922
NLB/65/755Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Francis Fox; Alyn Bank, Wimbledon, S.W.18 December 1923
NLB/57/895Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Herbert McLeod, FRS28 February 1920
NLB/66/204Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, FRS13 March 1924
NLB/67/902Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; 16 Old Queen Street, S.W.1.3 April 1925
NLB/57/897Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor WW [William Whitehead] Watts, FRS28 February 1920
NLB/67/314Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Bradwardine] Jackson, GCB, FRS, Admiral of the Fleet4 December 1924
NLB/67/925Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton Esq., FRS8 April 1925
NLB/71/24Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] C. Campbell Swinton Esq., FRS7 December 1927
NLB/70/944Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton, Esq., FRS15 November 1927
NLB/72/690Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Dugald Clerk, KBE, FRS3 March 1930
NLB/72/673Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Dugald Clerk, KBE, FRS24 February 1930
NLB/67/903Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Charles [Scott] Sherrington, OM, President of the Royal Society3 April 1925
IM/004472Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbellnd
IM/005599Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell1896
NLB/14/663Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons26 April 1897
RR/17/207Referee's report by William Crookes, on a paper 'The conversion of diamond into coke in high vacuum by cathode rays' by Charles Algernon Parsons and Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton10 January 1908
RR/25/25Referee's report by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, on a paper 'Experiments demonstrating an electrical effect in vibrating metals' by Henry Bradwardine Jackson and G B Bryan25 December 1918
NLB/54/207Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton Esquire, FRS5 March 1917
NLB/71/448Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; W. T. L. Becker Esq., Colour Photographs Ltd., 1 Wilton Place SW124 May 1928
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
RR/13/276Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'Some experiments with cathode rays' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton15 March 1897
RR/14/244Referee's report by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, on a paper [attributed] 'On the reflection of cathode rays' by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton4 February 1899
MC/20Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1905
MC/20/415Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, 66 Victoria Street, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London11 November 1905
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