Record

Authorised form of nameEvans; Meredith Gwynne (1904 - 1952)
Dates1904 - 1952
Date of birth02/12/1904
Date of death25/12/1952
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1947
Age at election42
SourcesObituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 395-409, plate, by H W Melville
References:
Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS, 'Address at the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of George Porter OM FRS' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 261-264
Royal Society codeNA438
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1947/10Evans, Meredith Gwynne: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/3426Evans, Meredith Gwynnend
RR/72/194Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Studies in copolymerization. Parts I and II' by Harry Work Melville and L Valentine1949
RR/43/22Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The sorption process in the zeolite chabazite' by Meredith Gwynne EvansJuly 1931
RR/72/220Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. V. The structure of water and similar molecules' by John Anthony Pople1949
RR/72/264Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The non-planar vibrations of some substituted ethylenes and related compounds' by P Torkington1949
RR/72/146Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. III. Properties of molecular orbitals' by G G Hall and John Edward Lennard-Jones1949
RR/72/24Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Kinetics of the base-catalyzed halogenation of some ketones and esters' by Ronald Percy Bell, E Gelles and Eva Möller1949
RR/72/136Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal degradation of polyvinyl compounds. I. A new type of molecular still' by N Grassie and Harry Work Melville1949
RR/72/145Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. VI. Properties of equivalent orbitals' by G G Hall1949
RR/72/134Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal degradation of polyvinyl compounds - III. The effect of inhibitors and end groups on the degradation of polymethyl methacrylate' by N Grassie and Harry Work Melville1949
RR/72/135Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal degradation of polyvinyl compounds. II. The degradation of benzoyl peroxide catalyzed polymethyl methacrylates' by N Grassie and Harry Work Melville1949
RR/69/43Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The rate of evaporation of droplets. Evaporation and diffusion coefficients, and vapour pressures of dibutyl phthalate and butyl stearate' by R S Bradley, Meredith Gwynne Evans and Robert Whytlaw-Gray1945
RR/71/180Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency I. The determination of molecular orbitals' by John Edward Lennard-Jones3 September 1948
RR/71/13Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The catalytic decomposition of simple heterocyclic compounds - I. Preparation and properties of molybdenum sulphide and nickel sulphide catalysts' by E H M Badger, R H Griffith and W B S Newling[1948]
RR/72/245Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons II. Comparative measurements on the series from propane to n-decane' by F J Stubbs and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood1949
RR/70/23Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Intensities of vibration bands. I. Bending vibrations of benzene derivatives and the dipole of the C-H link' by Ronald Percy Bell, Harold Warris Thompson and Eva E Vago1947
RR/72/133Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal degradation of polyvinyl compounds IV. The thermal degradation of the methyl methacrylate copolymers with glycol dimethacrylate and acrylonitrile' by N Grassie and Harry Work Melville1949
RR/71/181Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency II. Equivalent orbitals in molecules of known symmetry' by John Edward Lennard-Jones[1948]
RR/72/179Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. IV. The significance of equivalent orbitals' by John Edward Lennard-Jones and John Anthony Pople1949
RR/71/87Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Influence of chlorine substitution on the rate of oxidation of paraffin hydrocarbons' by C F Cullis, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and M F R Mulcahy3 September 1948
RR/71/137Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The catalytic decomposition of simple heterocyclic compounds II. Reaction kinetics and mechanism' by R H Griffith, J D F Marsh and W B S Newling[1948]
RR/73/185Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Molecular association in liquids. II. A theory of the structure of water' by J A Poole1950
RR/72/246Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons - I. The inhibition of chains and the nature of the residual reaction' by F J Stubbs and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood1949
IM/001325Evans, Meredith Gwynnend
RR/71/186Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The strengths of certain covalent metal bonds' by L H Long and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish21 June 1948
RR/73/149Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Some aspects of the chemical statics and dynamics of proteins in solution' by Emyr Alun Moelwyn-Hughes[9 October 1950]
RR/73/148Letter from Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Some aspects of the chemical statics and dynamics of proteins in solution' by Emyr Alun Moelwyn-Hughes, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society9 October 1950
RR/73/204Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The non-stationary state in chemical kinetics. I. The theory of the method' by C M Burrell, T G Majury & Harry Work Melville FRS1950
RR/73/213Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. VII. Molecular structure in terms of equivalent orbitals' by G G Hall and John Edward Lennard-Jones1950
RR/73/206Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The non-stationary state in chemical kinetics. III. The determination of rates of polymerization and of radical life-times' by T G Marjury and Harry Work Melville FRS1950
RR/73/205Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The non-stationary state in chemical kinetics. II. The operation and performance of the instrument' by T G Marjury and Harry Work Melville FRS1950
RR/75/82Letter from Meredith Gwynne Evans to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. V. Carbon dioxide-ethylene VI Carbon dioxide-propylene' by G G Haseldon, Dudley Maurice Newitt and S M Shah, 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. VII. Calculation of latent heats and some other similar properties' by R F Strickland Constable and 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. VIII. The integral flash latent heat at constant pressure of the system ethylene-carbon dioxide' by A J Barnard, S P Luthers, Dudley Maurice Newitt and M U Pai24 April 1951
RR/73/66Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Studies in copolymerization The evaluation of the kinetic coefficients for the system styrene-butyl acrylate' by E J Arlman and Harry Work Melville18 May 1950
RR/75/344Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. X. A method of calculating the ionization potentials of conjugated molecules' by G G Hall9 January 1952
RR/75/153Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'π-σ electronic states in molecules. I. The Hückel approximation' by A Altman16 July 1951
RR/75/88Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal oxidation of methylamine' by C F Cullis and J P Willisher[1951]
RR/73/214Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. VIII. A method of calculating ionization potentials' by G G Hall1950
RR/73/30Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The kinetics of the interaction of atomic hydrogen with olefines. V. Results obtained for a further series of compounds' by Harry Work Melville and J C Robb4 March 1950
RR/75/79Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. V. Carbon dioxide-ethylene VI Carbon dioxide-propylene' by G G Haseldon, Dudley Maurice Newitt and S M Shah20 April 1951
RR/75/299Letter from Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Two-phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. IX. The equation of equilibrium' by R F Strickland-Constable, to D C Martin13 February 1952
RR/75/155Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'π-σ electronic states in molecules. II. The singlet spectrum of ethylene and derivatives' by S L Altman10 July 1951
RR/75/80Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. VII. Calculation of latent heats and some other similar properties' by R F Strickland Constable20 April 1951
RR/75/345Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. XI. Bond energies, resonance energies and triplet state energies' by G G Hall9 January 1952
RR/75/242Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Kinetics of the base-catalyzed halogenation of 2-carbethoxycyclobexanone' by Ronald Percy Bell and H L Goldsmith21 September 1951
RR/75/298Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Two-phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. IX. The equation of equilibrium' by R F Strickland-Constable12 February 1952
RR/75/81Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Two phase equilibrium in binary and ternary systems. VIII. The integral flash latent heat at constant pressure of the system ethylene-carbon dioxide' by A J Barnard, S P Luthers, Dudley Maurice Newitt and M U Pai20 April 1951
RR/75/241Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Equilibria in the halogenation of some organic substances in aqueous solution' by Ronald Percy Bell and E Gelles21 September 1951
RR/77/68Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Molecular association in liquids. III. A theory of cohesion of polar liquids' by John Anthony Pople[1952]
RR/75/261Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of lithium aluminium hydride' by William Edward Garner and E W Haycock22 October 1951
RR/77/211Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. XIII. Orbital wave functions for excited states of a homonuclear diatomic molecule' by A C Hurley15 October 1952
RR/73/184Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Molecular association in liquids. I. Molecular association due to lone pair electrons' by John Edward Lennard-Jones and John Anthony Pople1950
RR/75/183Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency. IX. The interaction of paired electrons in chemical bonds' by Sir John Lennard-Jones and J A Pople8 August 1951
RR/75/338Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'An equation of state applicable to gases at densities near that of the solid and temperatures far above the critical' by T L Cottrell and S Paterson15 January 1952
RR/73/151Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of normal paraffin hydrocarbons. III. Activation energies and possible mechanisms of molecular reactions' by Keith Usherwood Ingold, F J Stubbs and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood24 June 1950
RR/75/264Letter from Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The correspondence between the resonance and molecular orbital theories' by Michael James Stewart Dewar and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins, to D C Martin19 February 1951
RR/77/169Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'Studies of the explosive combustion of hydrocarbons by kinetic spectroscopy. I. Free radical absorption spectra in acetylene combustion' by Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, George Porter and Brian Arthur Thrush23 September 1952
RR/77/188Referee's report by Meredith Gwynne Evans, on a paper 'The molecular orbital theory of chemical valency XII The excited states of diatomic molecules' by A C Hurley and Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones24 September 1952
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