| Authorised form of name | Lanchester; Frederick William (1868 - 1946) |
| Dates | 1868 - 1946 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London, England |
| Date of birth | 23 or 28 October 1868 |
| Place of death | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Date of death | 08/03/1946 |
| Research field | Engineering |
| Activity | Education:
LLD (Birmingham)
Career:
President, InstAE, 1910-1911; Member, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Memberships:
MICE; MIMechE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/05/1922 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 757-766, plate, by H R Ricardo
References:
Sir Harold Hartley, 'The Debt of Engineering to Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 136-140
J A D Ackroyd, 'Sir George Cayley, the father of aeronautics, Part 1. The invention of the aeroplane' NR 2002 vol 56 pp 167-181
J Corden, 'Web of Science History' project in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 383-388
Notes:
TR and DNB give birth date as 23 October 1868; Index to BR and DSB give 28 October 1868 |
| Royal Society code | NA1157 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1922/07 | Lanchester, Frederick William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MDA/A/26/6 | Correspondence of A V Hill, Mrs Lacey - A P Laurie | 1940s |
| MDA/A/6 | Copy of Frederick William Lanchester's paper, 'Relativity and radiation' and two associated letters | 1942 |
| MDA/A/6/2 | Letter from Sir Henry Dale PRS to F W Lanchester | 29 December 1942 |
| MDA/A/6/1 | Copy of Frederick William Lanchester FRS's paper, 'Relativity and radiation' with covering letter attached | 23 December 1942 - 25 December 1942 |
| NLB/11/775 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr F J Vaes, Lungendijk 144, Gorinchem, Holland | [October 1895] |
| NLB/40/230 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to F [Frederick] W [William] Lanchester | 4 May 1909 |
| RR/50/31 | Referee's report by Frederic Charles Bartlett, on a paper 'Investigations concerning the blind spot of the retina' by Frederick William Lanchester | May 1933 |
| RR/50/34 | Referee's report by Frederic Charles Bartlett, on a paper 'A blind or insensitive hiatus is next in the field of vision. With appendix' by Frederick William Lanchester | May 1933 |
| RR/50/33 | Referee's report by Frederic Charles Bartlett, on a paper 'On the seat of permanence of visual impressions' by Frederick William Lanchester | May 1933 |
| RR/50/35 | Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Problems of the visual pathway' by Frederick William Lanchester | November 1933 |
| RR/51/3 | Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester | [March 1934] |
| RR/50/32 | Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Investigations concerning the blind spot of the retina' by Frederick William Lanchester | 10 April 1933 |
| RR/51/1 | Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester | 20 March 1933 |
| RR/51/2 | Referee's report by Frederic Charles Bartlett, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester | 19 February 1934 |
| MC/36 | Volume 36 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1922 |
| MC/36/59 | Letter from [Frederick William] Lanchester, 41 Bedford Sqaure, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 1 March 1922 |
| MC/36/60 | Letter from [Frederick William] Lanchester, 41 Bedford Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 March 1922 |
| MC/36/61 | Letter from [Frederick William] Lanchester, 41 Bedford Square, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 29 May 1922 |