Person Gowland; William (1842 - 1922); metallurgist and archaeologist Gowland William metallurgist and archaeologist 1842 - 1922 British Male South Durham Street, Sunderland, co. Durham, England 16 December 1842 18421216 13 Russell Road, Kensington, London, England 10/06/1922 19220610 Burial: St Marylebone cemetery, East Finchley, London, England

Metallurgist; Archaeologist Metallurgy Chemistry Education: Royal College of Chemistry (1868) Career: Employed at the Broughton Copper Co., Salford, Lancashire (1870-1872); went to Japan as a foreigner employed by the Meiji government to assist in its modernisation programme (1872); retrained as a technical adviser (1875); chief metallurgist at the mint (1878); assayer to the imperial war department of the Japanese government (1888); awarded the fourth class of the order of the Rising Sun and promoted to the third class at the end of his employment; undertook comprehensive and pioneering archaeological investigations in Japan; resumed employment at Broughton Copper Co on his return; succeeded Sir William Roberts-Austen as professor of metallurgy in the Royal School of Mines (1902). Memberships: FCS; FIC; SA; Japan Society; The Anthropological Institute; Institution of Mining and Engineering (President 1907). Parents: George Thompson Gowland (1800/01–1847), shipowner and innkeeper, and Catherine, formerly Ovington, née Kelly (1805–1891). Spouse: 1) Joanna (1859/60–1909), youngest daughter of Murdoch Macaulay, of Linshador, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis (2 September 1890); 2) Maude Margaret (1868–1949), a schoolteacher, daughter of Duncan James Connacher, dentist (31 March 1910). Remembered for his excavations in Japan and at Stonehenge. Fellow 07/05/1908 66 Arthur William Rucker; John Wesley Judd; Henry Clifton Sorby; Avebury [John Lubbock]; John Milne; William Matthew Flinders Petrie; Henry Selby Hele-Shaw; Harry Govier Seeley; John Perry; Horace Tabberer Brown Archibald Liversidge; William Crookes; Raphael Meldola; Herbert McLeod; William Ramsay; Arthur Herbert Church; James Dewar; Thomas Edward Thorpe; Edward Divers; John Edward Stead Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1922-1923 vol 102 pp xvi-xix, plate, signed by W A T Proc Roy Soc Series B 1922-1923 vol 94 pp xl-xliii, plate, signed by W A T 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 RCN 41422 16 Dec 1842 - 10 Jun 1922 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 24/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8177 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 1a5a9c9c-df8a-475d-95b7-946260deda2a