| Authorised form of name | Bell; James (1824 - 1908) |
| Dates | 1824 - 1908 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | County Armagh, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 1824 |
| Place of death | Hove, Sussex |
| Date of death | 31/03/1908 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Ewell, Surrey |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Activity | Education:
University College, London
Career:
Worked at the Inland Revenue Laboratory, Somerset House (1846); Deputy Principal of the Laboratory (1867-1874); Principal (1874-1894); Consulting Chemist to the Indian Government (1869-1891)
Honours:
CB 1889
Memberships:
FIC (president 1888-1891)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1884 |
| Relationships | Married (1858) Ellen, daughter of William Reece of Chester |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909 vol 82 pp v signed by T E T
Notes:
Proceedings gives birth date as 1825 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/3896787 |
| Code | NA1501 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1884/10 | Bell, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/16/627 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr James Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society, Howell Hill Lodge, Ewell, Surrey | 9 May 1898 |
| NLB/20/404 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 23 April 1900 |
| NLB/37/519 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons | 2 April 1908 |
| NLB/37/741 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr T [Thomas] E [Edward] Thorpe, CB, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 May 1908 |
| RR/9/110 | Referee's report by Henry Edward Armstrong, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of food' by James Bell | 1883 |
| RR/49/16 | Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The emission of electrons from tungsten and molybdenum under the action of soft X-rays from copper' by James Bell | [May 1933] |
| RR/9/109 | Referee's report by Joseph Henry Gilbert, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of food' by James Bell | 12 December 1883 |
| MC/13/71 | Letter from Dr [James] Bell, Laboratory Somerset House, to the Royal Society | 18 June 1884 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| AP/62/1 | Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of food' by James Bell | 1883 |
| MC/23/458 | Letter from [Thomas Edward]Thorpe, Government Laboratory, London, WC, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 5 May 1908 |
| NLB/37/707 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr T [Thomas] E [Edward] Thorpe, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 May 1908 |