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Authorised form of nameLowe; Edward Joseph (1825 - 1900)
Dates1825 - 1900
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHighfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of birth11 November 1825
Place of deathShirenewton Hall, near Chepstow
Date of death10/03/1900
Research fieldMeteorology
Botany
ActivityCareer:
Helped to found the Royal Meteorological Society; made weather observations (1840-1882); wrote on the weather; an authority on the hybridization of plants, and on ferns
Memberships:
FRAS; FLS; FGS; FZS; RMS; Corr Memb of the Lyceum of Nat Hist of New York; Corr Memb of Manchester Lit and Phil Soc; Hon Memb of the Dublin Nat Hist Soc
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1867
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 101-103 signed by M T M and W N S
Notes:
Cert X 113 is dated February 1862;
Cert X 114 is dated January 1851: Baden Powell has signed twice; signature of J C Wright crossed out, with note 'by mistake, is a F of R Soc of Literature';
Cert X 115 is dated May 1857;
Cert X 116 is dated February 1860.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/29523826
CodeNA6289
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1867/13Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyMay 1857
IM/002816Lowe, Edward JosephMarch 2000
EC/1867/11Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyFebruary 1862
NLB/8/928Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cherstow24 January 1894
NLB/18/66Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to an unknown correspondent9 January 1899
NLB/17/612Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Edward Joseph Lowe, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shirenewton Hall, Cheapstow24 November 1898
NLB/20/294Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 March 1900
NLB/20/343Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Hobson28 March 1900
MS/257/3/73Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine7 April 1867
MS/257/3/74Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to [Edward Sabine]20 April 1867
NLB/70/917Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C. Britton Esq.; Meteorological Office, New Ranges, Shoeburyness4 November 1927
EC/1867/14Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyFebruary 1860
MS/257/3/71Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Observatory, [Beeston] near Nottingham to Edward Sabine22 March 1867
EC/1867/12Lowe, Edward Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal SocietyJanuary 1851
AP/32/12Unpublished paper, 'Observations on 287 thunder storms, made at Highfield House near Nottingham [England] during the last 9 years' by Edward Joseph LoweMarch 1850
AP/34/15Unpublished paper, 'On a new method of propagating plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe29 October 1853
RR/2/138Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe30 August 1851
RR/2/139Referee's report by Joseph Dalton Hooker, with note by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On a new method of propagating plants' by Edward Joseph Lowe 13 February 1854
AP/37/5Paper, 'On the growth of land shells [snails]' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe14 February 1854
AP/43/7Unpublished paper, 'On the temperature of flowers and leaves of plants' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe1860
AP/45/8Unpublished paper, 'On ozone' by E J [Edward Joseph] Lowe1863
MS/257/3/72Letter from Edward Joseph Lowe, Highfield House to Edward Sabine29 March 1867
RR/2/137Referee's report by James Challis, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe27 October 1851
AP/33/17Unpublished paper, 'On the mean temperature of Highfield House near Nottingham [England] from the year 1810 to the year 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe24 April 1851
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