| Authorised form of name | Jevons; William Stanley (1835 - 1882); economist |
| Dates | 1835 - 1882 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Alfred Street, Liverpool, England |
| Date of birth | 01 September 1835 |
| Place of death | Galley Hill, Bulverhythe, near Hastings, Sussex |
| Date of death | 13 August 1882 |
| Research field | Logic |
| Economics |
| Philosophy of science |
| Activity | Education:
University College, London. MA (1862)
Career:
Assayer to the Mint, Sydney, Australia (1853-1859); Professor of Logic and Political Economy, Owens College, Manchester (1866-1879); Professor of Political Economy, University College, London (1876-1880); Examiner in Political Economy in the University of London; drowned while bathing
Memberships:
Manchester Statistical Society (President)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1872 |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Jevons, iron merchant, and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of William Roscoe, historian; married (1867) Harriet Anne Taylor |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1883 vol 35 pp i-xii signed by R H
Notes:
B Stewart and Charles Babbage have both signed the election certificate twice
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/68944005 |
| Royal Society code | NA6360 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1872/01 | Jevons, William Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/209 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mrs Jevons, 2 The Chestnuts, Branch Hill, Hampstead, N.W. | 28 February 1888 |
| MC/14/296 | Letter from Harriet A Jevons, 2 The Chestnuts, Branch Hill, Hampstead, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 February 1888 |
| NLB/11/806 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Oswald Stoll, The Empire, Cardiff | 9 October 1895 |
| RR/7/40 | Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons | 28 July 1870 |
| RR/7/36 | Referee's report by Thomas Archer Hirst, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons | 23 April 1870 |
| RR/7/38 | Referee's report by Alexander John Ellis, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons | 13 May 1870 |
| RR/7/39 | Referee's report by Thomas Archer Hirst, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons | 19 May 1870 |
| RR/7/41 | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons | 1870 |
| RR/7/37 | Letter from Alexander John Ellis, on a paper 'On the mechanical performance of logical inference' by William Stanley Jevons to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 May 1870 |
| MC/9/115 | Letter from Wm [William] Allen Miller, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 103 Upper Tulse Hill, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 August 1870 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| RR/7/176 | Referee's report by William Stanley Jevons, on a paper 'Contributions to formal logic' by Alexander John Ellis | 2 July 1872 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| NLB/52/859 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Ellis Thomas Powell Esquire; the Financial News, 111 Queen Victoria Street, E.C. | 3 March 1916 |
| HS/10/324 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Birch Grove, Rusholme | 7 March 1866 |
| HS/10/319 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at University College London | 21 July 1861 |
| HS/10/327 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dover | 9 July 1869 |
| HS/10/320 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at Owens College, Manchester | 27 September 1864 |
| HS/10/323 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at Clynnog, Caernarvon | 29 December 1865 |
| HS/10/325 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at 9 Birch Grove, Rusholme | 23 June 1866 |
| HS/25/14/16 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 1856 or later? |
| HS/19/178 | Note on tidal effect, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel | 1860s |
| HS/24/129 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 23 November 1865 |
| HS/23/337 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 30 July 1861 |
| HS/24/148 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 8 March 1866 |
| HS/24/203 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 8 July 1867 |
| HS/10/321 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 23 November 1865 |
| HS/10/322 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at Owens College Manchester | 14 December 1865 |
| HS/10/326 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Stanley Jevons, dated at Collingwood | 30 June 1866 |
| HS/10/328 | Letter, from William Stanley Jevons to Sir John Herschel, dated at Parsonage Rd., Withington | 29 October 1870 |