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Authorised form of nameRomanes; George John (1848 - 1894)
Dates1848 - 1894
Place of birthKingston, Ontario, Canada
Date of birth02 or 20 May 1848
Place of deathOxford, Oxfordshire
Date of death23 May 1894
Research fieldPhysiology
Comparative psychology
Evolution
ActivityEducation:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. BA (1870), MA
Career:
His family moved to Britain when he was a child; studied under John Burdon Sanderson (FRS 1867) at University College, London (1874-1876); Professor, Edinburgh University (1886-1890); suffered from arterio-sclerosis; died from a haemorrhage; his brain was dissected by David Ferrier (FRS 1876) at King's College, London
Memberships:
FPSC; FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1879
RSActivityLectures:
Croonian 1876 and (jointly) 1881
RelationshipsSon of [?] Romanes, Professor at University of Kingston, and his wife Isabella Gair, daughter of Robert Smith of Cromarty; married (11 February 1879) Ethel, daughter of Andrew Duncan of Liverpool
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp vii-xiv signed by J B S
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 02 May 1848
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4999008
CodeNA6490
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MC/10/427Letter from G J [George John] Romanes, Dunskaith, Nigg, Rosshire, to J Wesley18 July 1876
MM/15/8Letter from GJ Romanes to George Gabriel Stokes20 June 1881
IM/Maull/003873Romanes, George Johnnd
NLB/4/145Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Young24 February 1890
NLB/6/533Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr George John Romanes, Fellow of the Royal Society30 May 1892
NLB/9/468Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons24 May 1894
RR/7/475Letter from George John Romanes, on his paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' to the Secretary of the Royal Society2 August 1876
RR/7/474Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes1876
RR/8/59Third letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes10 June 1877
RR/8/197Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes6 October 1879
AP/59/8/3Unpublished letter, regarding 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' from George John Romanes to Walter White[1877]
RR/8/198Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanesnd [1879]
RR/8/288Referee's report by Michael Foster, on the Croonian Lecture 'Observations on the locomotor system of Echinodermata' by George John Romanes and James Cossar Ewart22 May 1881
RR/8/213Referee's report by George John Romanes, on an untraced paper by Dr Wagner4 November 1879
NLB/3/398Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George John Romanes, Fellow of the Royal Society31 May 1889
RR/8/56Referee's report by George James Allman, on a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanesnd [1877]
AP/59/8/2Unpublished figure, relating to the locomotor system of Medusae by George John Romanes1876
RR/9/46Letter from George John Romanes, on a paper 'The prehensores of male butterflies of the genera Ornithoptera and Papilo' by Philip Henry Gosse to the author24 March 1882
EC/1879/18Romanes, George John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/57/2Unpublished paper, 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' by G J [George John] Romanes1875
MC/10/448Letter from Geo J [George John] Romanes, Dunskaith, Nigg, Rosshire, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]14 September 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/140Letter from Geo J [George John] Romanes, 18 Cornwall Terrace, Regents Park, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]26 December 1877
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
MC/12/215Letter from Geo J [George John] Romanes, Garrock, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]7 November 1881
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
AP/59/8/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' by George John Romanes1876
RR/8/55Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes16 April 1877
AP/57/2/2Unpublished letter, regarding 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' from G J [George John] Romanes to Walter White6 February 1875
RR/8/57Letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes5 May 1877
AP/59/8Unpublished paper, 'Further observations on the locomotor system of Medusae' by George John Romanes1876-1877
RR/8/58Second letter from George John Romanes, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes7 May 1877
AP/57/2/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Preliminary observations on the locomotion system of Medusae' by G J [George John] Romanes1875
PP/8/29Paper, 'Experiments with pressure on excitable tissues' by George J [John] Romanes1886
PP/22/23Paper, 'Experiments in heliotropism' by George John Romanes1893
RR/7/473Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae' by George John Romanes19 January 1876
PP/22/24Paper, 'Experiments in germination' by George John Romanes1893
MC/16/43Letter from Henry Edward Armstrong, Horace T Brown, James Geikie, A H Green, A C L G Gunther, E Ray Lankester, E B Poulton, G J Romanes, to the Royal Society[May 1893]
MC/14/5Letter from the [George John] Romanes, Linnean Society, Burlington House, to Dr [Michael] Foster15 January 1885
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