Person Burch; George James (1852 - 1914); professor of physics Burch George James professor of physics 1852 - 1914 British Male Sewardstone, Essex, England 11 May 1852 18520511 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 17/02/1914 19140217

Professor Physiological optics Physics Education: MA (Oxon) (1886-1889) Career: Became a lecturer (1891); Professor of Physics at the University of Reading (1892); worked at Oxford University (1896-1898), where he published joint papers with John Scott Burdon-Sanderson (FRS 1867) and Francis Gotch (FRS 1892); conducted research on physiological optics and presented an improvement of the capillary electrometer at a conference of the Physiological Society (1897); retired from teaching and research due to ill health (1909). Parents: George Burch of Cheshunt, and Jane Hicks. Spouse: Emily Constance (1884) Children: Cecil Reginald Burch (FRS 1944); Francis Parry Burch Committees: Mmber of the Cataract Committee, which carried out chemical, physical and physiological experiments for the treatment of cataracts and tried to put the findings into practice in glass factories. Fellow 14/06/1900 48 Francis Gotch; John Scott Haldane; John Burdon-Sanderson; Edward Bagnall Poulton; Augustus Desire Waller; Oliver Joseph Lodge; [Bartholomew Price]; Victor Herbert Veley; Frederick John Smith; Charles Scott Sherrington; Victor Horsley; William Oldling; William Esson; Herbert McLeod; Wyndham Rowland Dunstan; Augustus Vernon Harcourt; Edwin Bailey Elliott; Rayleigh; Edward Albert Schafer; Edwin Ray Lankester; George Francis Fitzgerald; Henry Alexander Miers Sources: Bulloch's Roll Burch G J, IM Maull 000663.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Burch%2C+George+James RCN 8472 RCN R73141 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1344 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-7821 11 May 1852 - 17 Feb 1914 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 31/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1360 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/75330668 c0432cf6-1d6f-419c-8a79-88f52207960b