Person Richardson; Lewis Fry (1881 - 1953) Richardson Lewis Fry 1881 - 1953 British Male Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 11 October 1881 Kilmun, Argyll 30/09/1953 19530930

Education: Newcastle Preparatory School; Bootham School, York (1894-1898); Durham School of Science (1898); King's College Cambridge (1900). BA (1903 Cambridge, First Class Nat Sci Tripos) Career: Student Assistant, National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (1903); Junior Demonstrator in Physics, University College, Aberystwyth (1905); Chemist, National Peat Industries Ltd (1906); Metrology Division, NPL (1908); Sunbeam Lamp Company, Gateshead (1909); Demonstrator and Lecture in Physics, Manchester College of Technology (1912); Superintendent, Eskdalemuir Observatory, Meteorological Office (1913-1916); Friends Ambulance Unit, attached to 16th French Infantry Division (1916); research, Aerological Observatory, Benson, Oxford (1919-1920); Lecturer in Physics, Training College, Westminster (1920); Member, International Commission for the study of Upper Air and Technical Sub-Committee on Atmospheric Pollution; Principal, Paisley College of Technology and School of Art (1929); retired (1940) Memberships: RMS Son of David Richardson, tanner, and his wife Catherine Fry; uncle of Sir Ralph Richardson, actor; married (09 January 1909) Dorothy, daughter of William Garnett; adopted 2 sons and one daughter Fellow 06/05/1926 Sources: Bulloch's Roll AssocMaterial: NCUACS 44/6/93. Papers deposited in Cambridge University Library Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1954 vol 9 pp 217-235, plate, by E Gold References: Bertha Swirles Jeffreys, 'John Arthur Gaunt (1904-1944)' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 73-79 ©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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-17678 11 Oct 1881 - 30 Sep 1953 NA8012 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 695018ce-d100-44f1-88c5-2ac2f95582bd