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Authorised form of nameLewis; Sir; Thomas (1881 - 1945)
Dates1881 - 1945
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Date of birth26 December 1881
Place of deathRickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Date of death17/03/1945
Research fieldPhysiology
Cardiology
Clinical science
ActivityEducation:
MD
Honours:
CBE 1920; Kt 1921
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/05/1918
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1943-1945
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1927; Copley Medal 1941
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 179-202, plate, by A N Drury and R T Grant
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69738176
Royal Society codeNA1423
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
RR/21/106Referee's report by Frederick Gowland Hopkins, on a paper 'The excitatory process in the dog's heart. Part II.- The ventricles' by Thomas Lewis and M A Rothschild[January 1915]
RR/19/77Referee's report by Francis Gotch, on a paper 'The human electrocardiogram: a preliminary investigation of young male adults, to form a basis for pathological study' by Thomas Lewis and M D D Gilder[March 1912]
MC/32/246Letter from [Charles Scott] Sherrington, 9 Chadlington Road, Oxford, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]13 May 1917
NLB/54/211Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas] Lewis, FRS; 1 Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W.5 March 1917
NLB/54/375Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Dr. Thomas Lewis, FRS; 1 Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W.25 April 1917
RR/19/78Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'The human electrocardiogram: a preliminary investigation of young male adults, to form a basis for pathological study' by Thomas Lewis and M D D Gilder[March 1912]
NLB/54/410Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas] Lewis, FRS; 1 Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W.5 May 1917
RR/24/62Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on the Croonian Lecture 'Upon the motion of the mammalian heart' by Thomas Lewis[May 1917]
NLB/54/765Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas] Lewis, FRS; 1 Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W.15 September 1917
NLB/54/186Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas] Lewis, FRS; 1 Redington Road, Hampstead, N.W.26 February 1917
RR/33/71Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'Rouget cells and their function' by Howard Walter Florey and H M CareltonMarch 1926
RR/33/72Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'Observations on the resolution of stasis in the finer blood vessels' by Howard Walter FloreyJune 1926
RR/32/78Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The effect of light on the circulation' by D T HarrisAugust 1925
RR/39/45Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The delayed effects of pericardial removal' by H M Carleton[May 1929]
RR/43/19Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The vascular responses of the eye' by P M Duke-Elder and William Stewart Duke-ElderJune 1931
RR/21/104Referee's report by Keith Lucas, on a paper 'The excitatory process in the dog’s heart. Part I. —The auricles' by Thomas Lewis, John Meakins and Paul D White[July 1914]
RR/22/73Referee's report by Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'The spread of the excitatory process in the vertebrate heart. Parts I-V' by Thomas LewisAugust 1915
RR/22/72Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'The spread of the excitatory process in the vertebrate heart. Parts I-V' by Thomas LewisJuly 1915
NLB/62/417Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Thomas Lewis, FRS11 February 1922
RR/49/109Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The rhythm of the heart beat. II—Disturbance of rhythm produced by late premature beats' by John Carew Eccles and H E Hoff[September 1933]
RR/55/10Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'Respiratory variations of the heart rate - I—The reflex mechanism of the respiratory arrhythmia' by Gleb Anrep, W Pascual and R RösslerOctober 1935
NLB/67/949Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to F. Gill Esq.; International Western Electric Company, 63 Aldwych, W.C.2.22 April 1925
NLB/64/470Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Thomas Lewis, FRS20 April 1923
NLB/68/700Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS19 October 1925
NLB/68/569Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS10 August 1925
NLB/69/215Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. H. Frederica, Liege, Belgium2 February 1926
NLB/69/621Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Renton] Elliott, FRS28 June 1926
NLB/68/616Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Henry Hallett] Dale, CBE, FRS24 September 1925
NLB/70/932Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Thomas Lewis, FRS8 November 1927
NLB/70/795Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Archibald Garrod, KCMG, FRS26 September 1927
RR/35/32Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The mammalian lacteal: its histological structure in relation to its physiological properties' by H M Carleton and Howard Walter FloreyJuly 1927
NLB/73/287Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Registrar, The University, Leeds.2 May 1931
RR/22/74Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'The spread of the excitatory process in the vertebrate heart. Parts I-V' by Thomas LewisOctober 1915
RR/22/75Referee's report by Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'The spread of the excitatory process in the vertebrate heart. Parts I-V' by Thomas LewisOctober 1915
RR/21/105Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'The excitatory process in the dog’s heart. Part I. —The auricles' by Thomas Lewis, John Meakins and Paul D White[August 1914]
EC/1918/17Lewis, Sir Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/54New Letter Book volume 54, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration10 January 1917-2 November 1917
NLB/68/746Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William Cecil Dampier] Wetham Esq., FRS; also circulated to Sir James [Colquhoun] Irvine; Sir Thomas Lewis; Professor [John Charles Grant] Ledingham; Professor [James Peter] Hill; Professor [Edmund Johnston] Garwood; Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann; [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq.; Sir [Robert] Robertson29 October 1925
RR/21/107Referee's report by Arthur Robertson Cushny, on a paper 'The excitatory process in the dog's heart. Part II.- The ventricles' by Thomas Lewis and M A Rothschild[January 1915]
RR/28/91Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The influence of mechanical conditions of the circulation on the electrocardiogram' by Ivan de Burgh Daly[April 1923]
RR/49/106Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'The rhythm of the heart beat. I—Location, action potential, and electrical excitability of the pacemaker' by John Carew Eccles and H E Hoff[September 1933]
RR/54/140Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'Experimental pituitary basophilism' by Kenneth W Thompson and Harvey Williams CushingFebruary 1934
RR/54/141Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'Experimental pituitary basophilism' by Kenneth W Thompson and Harvey Williams Cushing20 February 1934
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