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Authorised form of nameMenter; Sir; James Woodham (1921 - 2006)
Dates1921 - 2006
Date of birth22/08/1921
Date of death18/07/2006
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1973
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1966
Age at election44
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1969-1971, 1972-1976; VP 1970-1971, 1972-1976; Treas 1972-1976
SourcesObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society Vol 54, 2008, pp193-214
Royal Society codeNA4591
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
HWT/28/4/6Correspondence and papers regarding science in Mexico and exchangesJune-July 1971
HWT/24/6/22Correspondence with USSR Academy of Sciences, British Academy and others regarding exchangesSeptember - November 1970
HWT/28/4/4Correspondence and papers regarding science in Mexico and exchangesMay 1971
IM/GA/WRS/9506Menter, Sir James Woodhamnd
MS/938'Extraordinary things & nice instruments, Jim Menter and Hinxton Hall', 1954-19761986
EC/1966/21Menter, James Woodham: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/73/145Letter from Neil Kensington Adam, on two papers by David Tabor, James Woodham Menter and J V Sanders, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society26 June 1950
RR/73/146Referee's report by Neil Kensington Adam, on a paper 'Orientation of fatty acid and soap films on metal surfaces' by James Woodham Menter and David Tabor26 June 1950
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