| Authorised form of name | Percy; John (1817 - 1889) |
| Dates | 1817 - 1889 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1817 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 19 June 1889 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Metallurgy |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1838, Edinburgh)
Career:
Studied medicine in Paris, under Gay Lussac and Antoine de Jussieu; Physician, Queen's Hospital, Birmingham (1839); Lecturer in metallurgy, Metropolitan School of Science (later Royal School of Mines) (1851)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/04/1847 |
| RSActivity | Clubs:
Royal Society Dining Club, 1853-1889 (Treasurer 1855-1866) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xxxv-xl signed by W C R-A |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/9836037 |
| Code | NA2658 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1847/19 | Percy, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/3/122 | Referee's report by John Percy, on a paper 'On the molecular properties of antimony' by George Gore | 3 March 1858 |
| RR/3/105 | Referee's report by John Percy, on a paper 'Experimental relations of gold (and other metals) to light' by Michael Faraday | 14 May 1857 |
| RR/2/56 | Referee's report by John Percy, on a paper 'On the application of Potash as a test for Manganese' by Edmund Davy | 27 April 1854 |
| MC/6/194 | Letter from John Percy, Jermyn Street, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society] | 6 January 1862 |
| RR/5/143 | Referee's report by John Percy, on a paper 'On new cornish minerals of the brochantite group' by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne | 15 June 1865 |
| MC/5/226 | Letter from Robert Mallet, Delville, Co Dublin, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 11 February 1856 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/10/246 | Letter from John Percy, House of Commons, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 26 April 1875 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/68 | Letter from John Percy, House of Commons, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 5 June 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| PP/10/12 | Paper, 'Contributions to the metallurgy of bismuth' by Edward Matthey | 1886 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |