Person Lees; Charles Herbert (1864 - 1952); physicist Lees Charles Herbert physicist 1864 - 1952 British Male ‘Ballarat’ in Glodwick Lane, Oldham, Lancashire, England 28 July 1864 18640728 Greenacres, Tonbridge, London 25/09/1952 19520925 Funeral: Tonbridge Congregational Church, Tonbridge, England Cremation: Golders Green Crematorium, London, England

Physicist Thermodynamics Physics Education: DSc (Vict) Career: Lectured on thermodynamics as part of his Bishop Berkeley Fellowship at Manchester (1888); worked in Manchester on thermal conductivity (1891); carried out practical work in electrotechnics at the Central Technical College at South Kensington (1891); Senior Assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator in Physics, Owens College (1891); Secretary of Section A of the British Association and was in charge of the arrangements for the International Magnetic Conference (1898); Lecturer in Physics and Assistant Director of the Physical Laboratories in the University of Manchester (1900); Recorder of Section A of the British Association (1901-1905); Honorary Secretary of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester (1901-1906); Secretary of the Faculty of Science of Manchester University and Governor of the Grammar School at Mottram in Longdale (1902-1906); travelled to South Africa as Recorded of Section A pf the British Association (1905); Professor of Physics at East London College (present day Queen Mary College) (1906); Deacon of Woodford Green Congregational Church (1911-1917) Professor of Physics in the University of London (1912); Deacon and Vice-Chairman of Tonbridge Congregational Church (1919); Vice-Principal of Queen Mary College (1917-1930); elected Fellow of Queen Mary College (1934). Memberships: Tonbridge District Education Committee Tunbridge Wells District Education Committee Physical Society (President 1918-1920) Parents: John and Jane Ogden. Siblings: John Frederick and Edward Oscar. Spouse: Evelyn May Savidge (3 July 1902 ). Known for his careful and valuable measurements of thermalconductivities, especially for the well-known disk method. Lectures: Bakerian 1908 Fellow 03/05/1906 42 Arthur Schuster; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; John Henry Poynting; Ernest Howard Griffiths; Oliver Joseph Lodge; Andrew Gray; Arnold William Reinold; William Napier Shaw; George Hartley Bryan; Henry Selby Hele-Shaw Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 523-528, plate,by Wm Wilson Lees C H, GA WS 2152.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1953.0014 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Lees%2C+Charles+Herbert https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH5088 28 Jul 1864 - 25 Sep 1952 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 05/06/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA688 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/92998534 dc38fcd6-5acf-431a-9cc4-e587bbe5e691