| Authorised form of name | Anderson; John (1882 - 1958); 1st Viscount Waverley |
| Dates | 1882 - 1958 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The yard of the village church of Westdean, Sussex (04 January 1958) |
| Activity | Honours:
CB 1918; KCB 1919; GCB 1923; GCIE 1932; GCSI 1937; Viscount 1952; OM 1957
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| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 14/06/1945 |
| Source | Sources:
DNB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1958 vol 4 pp 307-325, plate, by Bridges, with an addendum by Sir Henry Dale |
| Code | NA584 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1945/22 | Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/7/2/4/1/5 | Correspondence, preliminary notes, and manuscript and typescript account for President Royal Society, of meeting between Sir John Anderson, Bernal, Blackett and Sir Thomas Merton | 1945 |
| IM/GA/WS/563 | Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverley | nd |
| IM/000094 | Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverley | nd |
| RSC/5/13/109 | Letter from John Anderson, 4 Lord North Street, to C R [Charles Robert] Harington, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead | 26 February 1946 |