| Authorised form of name | Mitchell; John Wesley (1913 - 2007) |
| Dates | 1913 - 2007 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Date of birth | 03/12/1913 |
| Date of death | 12/07/2007 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Christchurch High School; Canterbury University, NZ; Oxford University
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1956 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| Source | References:
Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Vol 57, 2011, pp 269-290, plate, by D J Barber
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 |
| Code | NA7831 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003119 | Mitchell, John Wesley | nd |
| EC/1956/15 | Mitchell, John Wesley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/60/17 | Referee's report by Samuel Sugden, on a paper 'The inhibition of photochemical reactions by nitric oxide' by John Wesley Mitchell and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | November 1936 |
| RR/75/129 | Referee's report by Kathleen Lonsdale, on a paper 'The work functions of copper, silver and aluminium' by Edgar William John Mitchell and John Wesley Mitchell | 2 August 1951 |