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Authorised form of nameJackson; Sir; Herbert (1863 - 1936); chemist
Dates1863 - 1936
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHampstead, London, England
Date of birth17 March 1863
Place of death9 Parsifal Road, Hampstead, London, England
Date of death10/12/1936
Occupationchemist
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election03/05/1917
Age at election54
ProposerGeorge 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
RelationshipsParents: Samuel Jackson and Clementina Rebecca Grant.
Spouse: Amy, elder daughter of James Collister (1900).
General contextDeveloped 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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SourcesSources:
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 codeNA1711
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1917/07Jackson, Sir Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/13/35Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Herbert Jackson, [Fellow of the Royal Society]1 June 1896
NLB/58/437Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS5 May 1920
NLB/56/223Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS19 December 1918
NLB/58/194Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS25 March 1920
RR/40/62Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The iridescent colours of birds and insects' by Robert John Strutt, Lord RayleighJune 1930
RR/43/45Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The colorimetric properties of the spectrum' by J GuildMarch 1931
NLB/64/379Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS23 March 1923
RR/32/99Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'The effect of light on the settling of suspensions' by C G T MorisonMarch 1925
RR/46/72Referee'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/62/356Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS31 January 1922
RR/47/61Referee's report by Herbert Jackson, on a paper 'Polish on metals' by R C FrenchJanuary 1933
NLB/62/355Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Charles Scott Sherrington, President of the Royal Society31 January 1922
NLB/64/397Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, FRS27 March 1923
NLB/64/178Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert [Bradwardine] Jackson, FRS19 February 1923
NLB/64/874Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frank Edwards] Smith Esq. C.B.E, FRS6 July 1923
NLB/65/22Copy 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/65/20Copy 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/67/855Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to W. J. Hancock Esq.; Forrest Avenue, Perth, Western Australia27 March 1925
NLB/64/715Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy], Secretary of the Royal Society;to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E FRS7 June 1923
NLB/71/74Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., FRS20 December 1927
NLB/72/228Copy letter from [Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir Herbert Jackson, KBE, FRS[May 1929]
NLB/72/132Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, KBE, FRS15 April 1929
NLB/73/351Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., FRS19 June 1931
CD/43/19Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson19 February 1923
CD/43/41Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson27 March 1923
CD/43/18Copy letter from Charles Scott Sherrington, President of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson2 February 1923
CD/44/1Letter from [Henry Walter George] Cole, Controller General of the Exhibition Division, Foreign Office and Board of Trade, to Sir Herbert Jackson, 26 Russell Square, London30 May 1923
IM/GA/Russell/9397Jackson, Sir Herbertnd
CD/43/33Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir Herbert Jackson23 March 1923
MC/32/151Letter 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
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