| Authorised form of name | Deer; William Alexander (1910 - 2009) |
| Dates | 1910 - 2009 |
| Place of birth | Manchester, England |
| Date of birth | 26/10/1910 |
| Date of death | 08/02/2009 |
| Activity | Career:
Emeritus Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology in the University of Cambridge
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1962 |
| Age at election | 51 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1966-1967 |
| Code | NA3995 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/9/1/38 | Correspondence with William Deer | 1972 |
| EC/1962/06 | Deer, William Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/926/5/1/1 | Proposals from the United Kingdom to NASA for the analysis of Apollo lunar surface samples, compiled by the Lunar, Planetary and Interplanetary Matter Working Group | 10 June 1966 |
| MDA/N/1/120 | Correspondence between William Alexander Deer and the Royal Society | 15-19 March 1962 |