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Authorised form of nameCoulson; Charles Alfred (1910 - 1974)
Dates1910 - 1974
NationalityBritish
Date of birth13/12/1910
Date of death07/01/1974
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1950
Age at election39
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1970
SourcesAssocMaterial:
CSAC 60/4/78. Papers deposited in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1974 vol 20 pp 75-134, plate, by S L Altman and E J Bowen
References:
N R Ingram, 'All that you can't leave behind' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 177-184
Royal Society codeNA2234
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1950/06Coulson, Charles Alfred: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WRS/8374Coulson, Charles Alfrednd
IM/GA/WS/4202Coulson, Charles Alfrednd
PB/6/2/4/2Folder inscribed 'Royal Society Evidence to Trend Committee'1962
RR/73/264Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electronic levels in simple conjugated systems. II. Butadiene' by Charles Alfred Coulson and Juliane Jacobs20 December 1950
RR/54/22Referee's report by Arthur Stewart Eve, on a paper 'The mechanism of the bactericidal action of radioactive radiations I & II' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred CoulsonDecember 1935
RR/54/21Referee's report by John Charles Grant Ledingham, on a paper 'The mechanism of the bactericidal action of radioactive radiations I & II' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred CoulsonDecember 1935
RR/72/61Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The electronic structure of conjugated systems. VI' by B H Chirgwin and Charles Alfred Coulson8 November 1949
RR/68/221Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Molecular wave functions for lithium' by Charles Alfred Coulson and W E Duncanson20 August 1942
RR/70/68Referee's report by Gilbert Smithson Adair, on a paper 'A rapid method for determining diffusion constants in solution' by Charles Alfred Coulson, J T Cox, Alexander George Ogston and J St L Philpot1947
RR/70/66Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The electronic structure of conjugated systems I. General theory' by Charles Alfred Coulson and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins17 April 1947
RR/70/69Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The electronic structure of conjugated systems. Parts III and IV' by Charles Alfred Coulson and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins1947
RR/71/76Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The electronic structure of conjugated systems V. The interaction of two conjugated systems' by Charles Alfred Coulson and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins28 May 1948
RR/65/61Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The electronic structure of some polyenes and aromatic molecules. VII. Bonds of fractional order by the molecular orbital method' by Charles Alfred CoulsonOctober 1938
PB/1/33/3/1Companion of Honour1965
RR/64/97Referee's report by Arthur Stewart Eve, on a paper 'The action of radiations on bacteria III—Y-rays on growing and on non-proliferating bacteria' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred Coulson[January 1937]
RR/64/98Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'The action of radiations on bacteria III—Y-rays on growing and on non-proliferating bacteria' by D E Lea, R B Haines and Charles Alfred Coulson13 January 1937
IM/000965Coulson, Charles Alfrednd
RR/65/60Referee's report by Nevil Vincent Sidgwick, on a paper 'The electronic structure of some polyenes and aromatic molecules. VII. Bonds of fractional order by the molecular orbital method' by Charles Alfred Coulson12 September 1938
RR/70/67Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The electronic structure of conjugated systems II. Unsaturated hydrocarbons and their hetero-derivatives' by Charles Alfred Coulson and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins1947
RR/77/149Letter from D C Martin to Charles Alfred Coulson, with Coulson's reply, concerning a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton29 October 1952 - 1 November 1952
RR/77/225Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Intensities in Raman spectra I A bond polarizability theory' by D A Long17 November 1952
RR/79/8Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Some calculations on the ethylene molecule' by W Moffitt and J Scanlan3 February 1953
RR/79/9Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The electronic spectra of conjugated hydrocarbons' by W Moffitt8 February 1953
RR/79/10Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The electronic spectra of conjugated hydrocarbons' by W Moffitt8 February 1953
RR/79/14Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The theoretical rate of isomerization of cyclopropane' by N B Slater14 February 1953
RR/79/61Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Wave functions of the hydrogen molecular ion' by David Robert Bates, Kathleen Ledsham and A L Stewart28 March 1953
RR/79/82Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Statistical mechanics of electrostatic forces' by John Adair Barker23 May 1953
RR/79/121Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'On the magnetic properties of covalent XY6 complexes' by K W H Stevens13 June 1953
RR/79/141Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Paramagnetic resonance in palladium and platinum group compounds' by J H E Griffiths, J Owen and I M Ward16 June 1953
RR/79/144Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. XI. A calculation of eight variational wave functions for Cl, Cl-, S and S-' by Samuel Francis Boys and V E Price[1953]
RR/79/145Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. XII. The evaluation of the general vector-coupling coefficients by automatic computation' by Samuel Francis Boys and R C Sahni22 July 1953
RR/79/209Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The influence of configurational interaction on the theoretical values of the polarizability of helium' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton14 August 1953
RR/79/274Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Raman intensities of the totally symmetric vibrations of neopentane' by D A Long, A H S Matterson and L A Woodward25 November 1953
RR/79/275Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Intensities in Raman spectra. II. Normal coordinates for the chloro- and bromomethanes' by D A Long and A G Thomas3 November 1953
RR/73/265Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electronic levels in simple conjugated systems. III. The significance of conjugated interaction' by Charles Alfred Coulson, D P Craig and Juliane Jacobs20 December 1950
RR/75/11Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Bond lengths in naphthalene and anthracene' by Charles Alfred Coulson, R Daudel and John Monteath Robertson13 February 1951
RR/75/145Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The classification of states in the nuclear f-shell' by Brian Hilton Flowers28 July 1951
RR/75/72Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. II. The oxygen and ethelene molecules' by W Moffitt16 May 1951
RR/75/73Letter from Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. Parts I & II' by W Moffitt, to D C Martin27 July 1951
RR/75/70Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'A modified method of antisymmetrized molecular orbitals. I. A critical test of the conventional method' by W Moffitt and J Scalan16 May 1951
RR/75/254Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'The formation of an aerosol by condensation of a dilute vapour in a carrier gas' by J Corner19 October 1951
RR/75/288Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Studies in jj-coupling. I. Classification of nuclear and atomic states' by B H Flowers7 November 1951
RR/75/320Letter from Charles Alfred Coulson to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'Electronic wave functions: VI. Some theorems facilitating the evaluation of Schrodinger integrals of vector-coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys, and 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones23 January 1952
RR/75/317Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Coriolis interaction between vibration and rotation in symmetric top molecules' by D R J Boyd and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins10 December 1951
RR/77/83Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Studies in jj-coupling. II. Fractional parentage coefficients and the central force energy matrix for equivalent particles' by A R Edmonds and Brian Hilton Flowers4 June 1952
RR/77/105Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Studies in jj-coupling. III. Nuclear energy levels' by A R Edmonds and Brian Hilton Flowers19 July 1952
RR/77/158Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'A vibration-rotation band of monodeutero-methane' by D R J Boyd and Harold Warris Thompson21 August 1952
RR/77/147Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton21 August 1952
RR/77/148Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton, to D C Martin29 August 1952
RR/77/163Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Studies in jj-coupling. IV. The g9/2-shell' by Brian Hilton Flowers19 August 1952
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