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Authorised form of nameDeacon; Sir; George Edward Raven (1906 - 1984)
Dates1906 - 1984
Date of birth21/03/1906
Date of death16/11/1984
ActivityHonours:
CBE 1954; Kt 1971
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1944
Age at election37
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1969
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1985 vol 31 pp 111-142, plate, by H Charnock
References:
G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98
CodeNA7267
Archives associated with this Fellow
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RR/72/72Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The levels in the North Sea associated with the storm disturbance of 8 January 1949' by R H Corkan7 October 1949
RR/72/182Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'A theory of the origin of microseisms' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins5 October 1949
EC/1944/06Deacon, Sir George Edward Raven: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/1589Deacon, Sir George Edward Raven1946
EXP/11/1/1/234Halley Bay expedition file, 'Colonial contributions - Falklands C', SCAR/IGY1955-1957
RR/73/267Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The aerodynamic drag of a free water surface' by J R D Francis23 November 1950
RR/79/173Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'The North Sea storm surge of 31 January and 1 February 1953' by J R Rossiter4 August 1953
RR/77/218Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. I. The interior of the fluid' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins10 November 1952
RR/77/220Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. III. Waves in water of uniform depth' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins10 November 1952
RR/77/219Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on paper 'Mass-transport in water waves. II. The boundary layers' by Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins10 November 1952
RR/73/294Referee's report by George Edward Raven Deacon, on a paper 'An experimental study of the pressure variations in standing water waves' by R I B Cooper and Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins15 December 1950
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