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Authorised form of nameSutherland; Sir; Gordon Brims Black McIvor (1907 - 1980)
Dates1907 - 1980
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWatten, Caithness, Scotland
Date of birth08/04/1907
Date of death27/06/1980
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1960
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1949
Age at election41
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1961-1963
SourcesAssocMaterial:
CSAC 89/7/82, NCUACS 17/2/90. Papers deposited in Cambridge University Library
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1982 vol 28 pp 589-626, plate, by N Sheppard
Royal Society codeNA2279
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1949/21Sutherland, Sir Gordon Brims Black McIvor: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PB/1/33/5/7Order of Merit1967
GLB/66/15Report on a visit to China as a member of the Royal Society Delegation, 23 September to 7 October 1962 by Sir Gordon Sutherlandc1962
GLB/65/100/156Sir Gordon Sutherland, Teddington, Middlesex to Brown24 May 1964
RR/71/260Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'Vibration spectra of hydrocarbon molecules I. Frequencies due to deformation vibrations of hydrogen atoms attached to a double bond' by Norman Sheppard and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1948
RR/51/91Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'Experiments on the raman effect at very low temperatures' by Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland[April 1933]
RR/51/90Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The infra-red absorption spectrum of nitrogen tetroxide and the structure of the molecule' by Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland13 March 1933
RR/54/129Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'The structure of the molecule of nitrogen dioxide from a study of its infra-red absorption spectrum' by Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland3 February 1934
RR/54/130Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'The potential functions of polyatomic molecules' by Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland and David M DennisonSeptember 1934
RR/60/41Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'On the relation between the form, force constants, and vibration frequencies of triatomic systems' by William George Penney and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor SutherlandMay 1936
RR/66/55Referee's report by William Henry Bragg, on a paper 'Infra-red absorption spectrum of tetra-deuteroethylene' by G K T Conn and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland[March 1939]
RR/66/54Referee's report by Arthur John Allmand, on a paper 'Infra-red absorption spectrum of tetra-deuteroethylene' by G K T Conn and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland14 March 1939
RR/69/255Referee's report by Harold Warris Thompson, on a paper 'The vibration spectrum and molecular configuration of cyclo-hexane' by Donald Allan Ramsay and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1946
RR/72/234Referee's report by Alfred Gordon Gaydon, on a paper 'Vibration spectra of hydrocarbon molecules - II. Skeletal frequencies in certain branched paraffins' by Delia M Simpson and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1949
IM/Meitner Graf/004453Sutherland, Sir Gordon Brims Black McIvornd
IM/GA/WS/3457Sutherland, Sir Gordon Brims Black McIvornd
RR/67/61Referee's report by William Harold Joseph Childs, on two papers 'Investigations on the vibration spectra of certain condensed gases at the temperature of liquid nitrogen I. Experimental methods A. Infra-red spectra' by G K T Conn, E Lee, Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and 'Investigations on the vibration spectra of certain condensed gases at the temperature of liquid nitrogen II. The infra-red and Raman spectra of hydroand deuterochloric acid at liquid nitrogen temperatures' by E Lee, Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland, Cheng-kai Wu and Ronald George Wreyford NorrishJune 1940
PB/1/33/3/7Companion of Honour1965
IM/GA/R/6238Sutherland, Sir Gordon Brims Black McIvornd
PB/1/33/2Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society1956
RR/62/37Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'On the assignment of the fundamental vibration frequencies in O3, F2O, Cl2O, NO, and N3-' by Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland and William George Penney[May 1936]
RR/71/261Referee's report by Harold Warris Thompson, on a paper 'Vibration spectra of hydrocarbon molecules I. Frequencies due to deformation vibrations of hydrogen atoms attached to a double bond' by Norman Sheppard and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1948
RR/73/248Extract of a letter from Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'Photoconductivity in the infra-red region of the spectrum. II. The mechanism of photoconductivity in lead telluride' by O Simpson and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland, to D C Martin1950
RR/73/247Referee's report by Harold Warris Thompson, on a paper 'Photoconductivity in the infra-red region of the spectrum. II. The mechanism of photoconductivity in lead telluride' by O Simpson and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1950
RR/73/245Referee's report by Harold Warris Thompson, on a paper 'Photoconductivity in the infra-red region of the spectrum. I. Preparation and properties of photoconductive films of lead telluride' by O Simpson and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland16 November 1950
RR/73/246Template referee's report, on a paper 'Photoconductivity in the infra-red region of the spectrum. I. Preparation and properties of photoconductive films of lead telluride' by O Simpson and Gordon Brims Black Mcivor Sutherland1950
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