| Authorised form of name | Sell; William James (1847 - 1915); university lecturer |
| Dates | 1847 - 1915 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1847 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, England |
| Date of death | 07/03/1915 |
| Occupation | university lecturer |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Christ's College, Cambridge MA
Career: University lecturer and senior demonstrator in chemistry at the University of Cambridge. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/06/1900 |
| Proposer | George Downing Liveing; William Augustus Tilden; Raphael Meldola;James Emerson Reynolds; James Alfred Ewing; Henry Edward Armstrong; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Alexander William Williamson; Thomas Edward Thorpe |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1915-1916 vol 92 pp xiv-xvi signed by G D L |
| Code | NA1363 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/004110 | Sell, William James | nd |
| NLB/34/482 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William James Sell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 29 January 1907 |
| NLB/37/508 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] J [James] Sell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 March 1908 |
| NLB/45/750 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] J [James] Sell FRS | 2 May 1912 |
| EC/1900/13 | Sell, William James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PP/13/16/1 | Manuscript, 'On a series of salts of a base containing chromium and urea, No 2' by William James Sell and William James Lewis | 1889 |
| PP/13/16 | Paper, 'On a series of salts of a base containing chromium and urea, No 2' by William James Sell and William James Lewis | 1889 |
| PP/13/16/2 | Diagrams, crystal structures by William James Sell and William James Lewis | 1889 |
| MC/16/46 | Letter from [William James] Sell, Cambridge, to the Royal Society | 14 June 1893 |
| MC/16 | Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1893-1896 |
| MC/19/748 | Letter from [William James] Sell, Cambridge, to the Royal Society | 22 September 1904 |
| MC/27/315 | Letter from [William James] Sell, 38 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 26 April 1912 |
| MC/27/316 | Letter from [William James] Sell, 38 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 5 May 1912 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |