Person Dewar; Sir; James (1842 - 1923); chemist and physicist Dewar James Sir chemist and physicist 1842 - 1923 British Male Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife, Scotland 20 September 1842 18420920 Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, England 27/03/1923 19230327

Cambridge (1876)

Chemist and physicist Inorganic chemistry Spectroscopy Organic chemistry Cryogenics Chemistry Physics Education: Dollar Academy; Edinburgh University. MA Career: Lecturer on chemistry in the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, later becoming professor (1869); assistant chemist to the Highland and Agricultural Society (1873); elected to the Jacksonian chair of natural experimental philosophy, leaving Edinburgh for Cambridge (1875-1923); Fullerian professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London (1877-1923). Memberships: Chemical Society (President 1897-1899) British Association (President 1902) Honours: Kt 1904 Awards/Medals: Hodgkins gold medal 1899 Lavoisier Medal 1904 Matteucci Medal 1906 Albert Medal 1908 Franklin Medal 1919 Parents: Thomas Dewar, vintner, and Ann Eadie, daughter of a shipowner. Spouse: Helen Rose, daughter of William Banks (1871). Invented the Dewar flask (thermos) and cordite. Royal Society roles: VP 1899-1900 Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1894; Davy Medal 1909; Copley Medal 1916 Lectures: Bakerian 1901; Rumford 1894 Fellow 07/06/1877 35 Charles Watkins Merrifield Frederick Guthrie Maxwell Simpson Thomas Andrews Frederick Field Frederick Augustus Abel Benjamin Collins Brodie Robert Bellamy Clifton William Crookes George CareyFoster August Dupre William Thomson George Gore Thomas Lauder Brunton David Ferrier William Grylls Adams William Sharpey Charles Brooke John Scott Burdon Sanderson Lyon Playfair William Huggins James Clerk Maxwell John Tyndall William Esson Heinrich Debus Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1926 vol 111 pp xiii-xxiii, plate References: Sir Brian Pippard, 'Siegfried Ruhemann (1859-1943), FRS 1914-1923' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 271-276 John Shorter, 'Humphrey Owen Jones, FRS (1878-1912), Chemist and Mountaineer' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 261-277 J S Rowlinson, 'A national treasure house. <i>'The common purposes of life': science and society at the Royal Institution of Great Britain</i> ed Frank A J L James ' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 105-106 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?ContribAuthorRaw=Dewar%2C+James RCN R81920 RCN 17304 RCN 36889 RCN 36890 RCN 36891 20 Sep 1842 - 27 Mar 1923 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 30/08/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5870 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 30/08/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10588893 d5fc5435-a487-4c17-9291-2fdf55ec3d86