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Authorised form of nameHale; George Ellery (1868 - 1938)
Dates1868 - 1938
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Date of birth29 June 1868
Place of deathPasadena, California, USA
Date of death21 or 23 February 1938
Research fieldAstrophysics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/03/1909
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1932
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 523-529, plate, by H F Newall
References:
A G Cock, 'Chauvinism and Internationalism in Science: The International Research Council, 1919-1926' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 249-288
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 21 February 1938
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/13112034
CodeNA7364
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1909/01Hale, George Ellery: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/39/152Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] E [Ellery] Hale3 December 1908
NLB/40/292Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons17 May 1909
NLB/40/293Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons17 May 1909
NLB/46/580Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Astrophysical Observatory, Pasadena, California, USA27 September 1912
NLB/47/216Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] E [Ellery] Hale, For.Mem.RS18 December 1912
NLB/56/183Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, FRS9 December 1918
NLB/58/818Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, FRS22 June 1920
NLB/55/515Copy letter from [Dr.] Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Professor] H.A. Bumstead, c/o The American Embassy 09 May 1918
NLB/62/163Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, FRS13 December 1921
NLB/65/634Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, FRS1 December 1923
NLB/65/648Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the President of the University of California3 December 1923
MC/19/646Letter from George Ellery Hale, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar Research, Pasadena, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society8 July 1904
MC/19/645Letter from George Ellery Hale, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar Research, Pasadena, to the President and Council of the Royal Society3 June 1904
MC/27/151Letter from George [Ellery] Hale, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Foreign Secretary, Pasadena, California, to Sir Joseph Larmor, Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W27 August 1912
MC/27/152Letter from George [Ellery] Hale, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Foreign Secretary, Pasadena, California, to Robert Harrison, [Assistant] Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W, England14 October 1912
MC/28/122Letter from [George Ellery] Hale, National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Foreign Secretary, Pasadena, California, to Robert Harrison, Esquire, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society Burlington House, London 10 January 1913
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
MC/23/202Letter from George [Ellery] Hale, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California, to Dr [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London24 February 1908
MS/603/4/74Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, London, to [Herbert Hall] Turner3 May 1909
MS/603/4/75Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Palais d'Orsay, Paris, to [Joseph] Larmor9 June 1909
MS/603/4/76Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Santa Barbara, to [Joseph] Larmor27 August 1912
MS/603/4/77Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California, to Sir Joseph Larmor, St. John's College, Cambridge, England12 November 1912
MS/603/4/78Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, on board RMS Olympic, to [Joseph] Larmor25 June 1913
MS/603/4/79Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California, to [Joseph] Larmor28 November 1914
MS/603/4/80Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, the Inside Inn, San Francisco, California, to [Joseph] Larmor5 August 1915
MS/603/4/81Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California, to Sir Joseph Larmor, St. John's College, Cambridge, England19 January 1916
MS/603/4/82Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, near Albuquerque, to [Joseph] Larmor7 August 1917
MS/603/4/83Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, California, to Sir Joseph Larmor, St. John's College, Cambridge, England21 December 1921
MS/603/4/84Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, to [Joseph] Larmor23 December 1922
MS/603/4/85Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, SS Arabia, Luxor, to [Joseph] Larmor11 January 1923
MS/603/4/86Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Rome, to [Joseph] Larmor3 April 1923
MS/603/4/87Letter from George E [Ellery] Hale, Pasadena, to [Joseph] Larmor10 February 1926
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