Person Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934) Lamb Horace Sir 1849 - 1934 British Male Stockport, near Manchester, Cheshire, England 27 or 29 November 1849 Cambridge or Manchester, Lancashire 04/12/1934 19341204 Burial: St Giles' cemetery, now Ascension Cemetery, Cambridge

Adelaide, Australia (1883); 6 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge (after retirement)

Applied mathematics Geophysics Education: Owen's College, Manchester; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1872), MA Career: Fellow and Assistant Tutor, Trinity College, Cambridge (1872-1875); Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide (1875-1885); Professor of Mathematics, University of Manchester (1885-1920) Honours: Kt 1931 Memberships: FLMS Son of John Lamb of Stockport, cotton mill Foreman; married (1875) Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Foot of Dublin Royal Society roles: VP 1909-1910, 1920-1922 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1902; Copley Medal 1923 Fellow 12/06/1884 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 375-391, plate, by A E H Love and 391-392 by R T Glazebrook References: John G Jenkin, 'The Appointment of W H Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 75-99 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 Notes: ON and DSB give birth date as 29 November 1849. DSB gives place of death as Manchester; DNB gives Cambridge ©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://pictures.royalsociety.org 27 or 29 Nov 1849 - 4 Dec 1934 NA8246 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/46838786 0442569d-a24c-41ae-8856-d551e5b520f2