Authorised form of name | Jackson; Sir; Herbert (1863 - 1936); chemist |
Dates | 1863 - 1936 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Hampstead, London, England |
Date of birth | 17 March 1863 |
Place of death | 9 Parsifal Road, Hampstead, London, England |
Date of death | 10/12/1936 |
Occupation | chemist |
Research field | Chemistry |
Activity | Education: King's College School Career: Employed at King’s College, London (1879-1918), being demonstrator, lecturer, and professor of organic chemistry. Honours: KBE 1917 Memberships: FIC Röntgen Society (President 1901–03) Institute of Chemistry (President 1918–21) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 03/05/1917 |
Age at election | 54 |
Proposer | George Beilby |
John Norman Collie |
Charles Parsons |
John William Strutt |
Arthur William Crossley |
John Millar Thomson |
Herbert Brereton Baker |
Frederick George Donnan |
James Johnston Dobbie |
Frederick Soddy |
Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton |
William Tilden |
Jocelyn Field Thorpe |
Relationships | Parents: Samuel Jackson and Clementina Rebecca Grant. Spouse: Amy, elder daughter of James Collister (1900). |
General context | Developed heat-resisting and optical glasses. Scientific adviser of the optical glass industry. Developed an X-ray tubewhich became the model for all gas-type X-ray tubes. Researched detergents and bleaching agents used in the laundry industry. |
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Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 307-314, plate, by H Moore |
Royal Society code | NA1711 |
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1917/07 | Jackson, Sir Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/13/35 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Herbert Jackson, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 1 June 1896 |
NLB/58/437 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 5 May 1920 |
NLB/56/223 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 19 December 1918 |
NLB/58/194 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 25 March 1920 |
RR/40/62 | Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The iridescent colours of birds and insects' by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh | June 1930 |
RR/43/45 | Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The colorimetric properties of the spectrum' by J Guild | March 1931 |
NLB/64/379 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 23 March 1923 |
RR/32/99 | Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The effect of light on the settling of suspensions' by C G T Morison | March 1925 |
RR/46/72 | Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'On a large scale crystalline structure in certain glasses of exceptional composition' by Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh | [May 1932] |
NLB/62/356 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 31 January 1922 |
RR/47/61 | Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'Polish on metals' by R C French | January 1933 |
NLB/62/355 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Charles Scott Sherrington, President of the Royal Society | 31 January 1922 |
NLB/64/397 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS | 27 March 1923 |
NLB/64/178 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert [Bradwardine] Jackson, FRS | 19 February 1923 |
NLB/64/874 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frank Edwards] Smith Esq. C.B.E, FRS | 6 July 1923 |
NLB/65/22 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to The Secretary, British Science Guild; 6 John Street, Adelphi, W.C.2. | 10 July 1923 |
NLB/65/20 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard [Arman] Gregory, C/O Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; St. Martin's Street, W.C.2. | 10 July 1923 |
NLB/67/855 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to W. J. Hancock Esq.; Forrest Avenue, Perth, Western Australia | 27 March 1925 |
NLB/64/715 | Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy], Secretary of the Royal Society;to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E FRS | 7 June 1923 |
NLB/71/74 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., FRS | 20 December 1927 |
NLB/72/228 | Copy letter from [Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir Herbert Jackson, KBE, FRS | [May 1929] |
NLB/72/132 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, KBE, FRS | 15 April 1929 |
NLB/73/351 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., FRS | 19 June 1931 |
CD/43/19 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson | 19 February 1923 |
CD/43/41 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson | 27 March 1923 |
CD/43/18 | Copy letter from Charles Scott Sherrington, President of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson | 2 February 1923 |
CD/44/1 | Letter from [Henry Walter George] Cole, Controller General of the Exhibition Division, Foreign Office and Board of Trade, to Sir Herbert Jackson, 26 Russell Square, London | 30 May 1923 |
IM/GA/Russell/9397 | Jackson, Sir Herbert | nd |
CD/43/33 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson | 23 March 1923 |
MC/32/151 | Letter from Herbert Jackson, Ministry of Munitions of War, 117, Piccadilly, W.1, to Dr [Arthur] Schuster, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W.1. | 18 May 1917 |