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Authorised form of nameChamberlain; Arthur Neville (1869 - 1940)
Dates1869 - 1940
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdgbaston, Birmingham, England
Date of birth18 March 1869
Place of deathHighfield Park, Heckfield, near Reading
Date of death09/11/1940
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
His ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey
ActivityCareer:
Prime Minister (1937-1940)
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election16/06/1938
RelationshipsSon of Joseph Chamberlain (FRS 1882)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 731-734 by W W Hadley
References:
William McGucken, 'The Royal Society and the Genesis of the Scientific Advisory Committee to Britain's War Cabinet, 1939-1940' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 87-115
CodeNA8329
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1938/23Chamberlain, Arthur Neville: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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