| Authorised form of name | Jackson; John (1887 - 1958) |
| Dates | 1887 - 1958 |
| Date of birth | 11 February 1887 |
| Date of death | 09/12/1958 |
| Activity | Education:
MA (Camb); DSc (Glasgow)
Career:
H M Astronomer at the Cape
Honours:
CBE 1950
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1938 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1959 vol 5 pp 95-106, plate, by H Spencer Jones |
| Code | NA1788 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1938/10 | Jackson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/48/436 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [John] Jackson, Victoria Building, Greenock Road, Paisley | 4 July 1913 |