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Authorised form of nameLowe; Edward Joseph (1825 - 1900)
Dates1825 - 1900
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHighfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of birth11 November 1825
Place of deathShirenewton Hall, near Chepstow
Date of death10/03/1900
Research fieldMeteorology
Botany
ActivityCareer:
Helped to found the Royal Meteorological Society; made weather observations (1840-1882); wrote on the weather; an authority on the hybridization of plants, and on ferns
Memberships:
FRAS; FLS; FGS; FZS; RMS; Corr Memb of the Lyceum of Nat Hist of New York; Corr Memb of Manchester Lit and Phil Soc; Hon Memb of the Dublin Nat Hist Soc
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1867
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 101-103 signed by M T M and W N S
Notes:
Cert X 113 is dated February 1862;
Cert X 114 is dated January 1851: Baden Powell has signed twice; signature of J C Wright crossed out, with note 'by mistake, is a F of R Soc of Literature';
Cert X 115 is dated May 1857;
Cert X 116 is dated February 1860.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/29523826
CodeNA6289
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/002816Lowe, Edward JosephMarch 2000
EC/1867/11Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyFebruary 1862
NLB/8/928Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cherstow24 January 1894
NLB/18/66Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to an unknown correspondent9 January 1899
NLB/17/612Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cheapstow24 November 1898
NLB/20/294Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 March 1900
NLB/20/343Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Hobson28 March 1900
MS/257/3/73Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine7 April 1867
MS/257/3/74Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to [Edward Sabine]20 April 1867
NLB/70/917Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C. Britton Esq.; Meteorological Office, New Ranges, Shoeburyness4 November 1927
EC/1867/14Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyFebruary 1860
MS/257/3/71Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Observatory, [Beeston] near Nottingham to Edward Sabine22 March 1867
EC/1867/12Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyJanuary 1851
AP/32/12Unpublished paper, 'Observations on 287 thunder storms, made at Highfield House near Nottingham [England] during the last 9 years' by Edward Joseph LoweMarch 1850
RR/2/138Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe30 August 1851
RR/2/139Referee's report by Joseph Dalton Hooker, with note by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On a new method of propagating plants' by Edward Joseph Lowe 13 February 1854
AP/37/5Paper, 'On the growth of land shells [snails]' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe14 February 1854
AP/43/7Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of flowers and leaves of plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe1860
AP/45/8Unpublished paper, 'On ozone' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe1863
MS/257/3/72Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine29 March 1867
RR/2/137Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe27 October 1851
AP/33/17Unpublished paper, 'On the mean temperature of Highfield House near Nottingham [England] from the year 1810 to the year 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe24 April 1851
HS/11/318Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath27 February 1849
EC/1867/13Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyMay 1857
AP/34/15Unpublished paper, 'On a new method of propagating plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe29 October 1853
HS/11/342Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House15 October 1870
HS/11/341Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joseph Lowe, dated at Collingwood13 December 1866
HS/11/329Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston13 July 1857
HS/11/332Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston18 January 1862
HS/11/336Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston29 November 1862
HS/11/321Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston1 November 1849
HS/11/337Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston29 December 1862
HS/11/340Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston11 December 1866
HS/11/323Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston12 November 1849
HS/11/343Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield Houseundated
HS/11/335Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston31 May 1862
HS/11/317Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham23 November 1848
HS/11/327Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House14 March 1854
HS/11/331Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston15 February 1860
HS/11/313Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham19 March 1847
HS/11/312Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham6 June 1845
HS/11/315Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham13 July 1848
HS/11/326Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston11 November 1853
HS/11/334Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston7 February 1862
HS/11/333Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston25 January 1862
HS/11/311Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham2 November 1844
HS/11/320Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham10 April 1849
HS/11/322Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joseph Lowe, dated at Collingwood9 November 1849
HS/19/244Account of a meteor, observed in Nottinghamshire, by Edward Joseph LoweApril 1845
HS/11/319Incomplete letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bath6 March 1849
HS/11/339Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston1 February 1864
HS/11/314Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham24 March 1848
HS/11/316Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Highfield House near Nottingham27 July 1848
HS/11/325Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston23 May 1850
HS/11/328Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston16 April 1855
HS/11/330Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston27 January 1860
HS/11/338Letter, from Edward Joseph Lowe to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beeston6 March 1863
HS/19/245Citation, for election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edward Joseph Lowe1862
HS/11/324Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joseph Lowe, dated at Collingwood15 November 1849
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