| Authorised form of name | Bell; Sir; Isaac Lowthian (1816 - 1904) |
| Dates | 1816 - 1904 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 15 February 1816 |
| Place of death | Rounton Grange, Northallerton |
| Date of death | 20/12/1904 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Rounton |
| Activity | Career:
Joined his father's iron works, Walker, Tyneside; started a chemical works near Gateshead (1852), and a metallurgical works making iron and steel; member of Council, Newcastle College of Science
Honours:
Bt 1885
Memberships:
FCS; Iron and Steel Institute (President 1873-1875); MIMechE; Northern Mining Institute; Natural History Society of Manchester
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1874 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Thomas Bell and his wife Catherine, daughter of Isaac Lowthian, of Newbiggin, Carlisle; married (1842) Margaret, daughter of Hugh Lee Pattinson (FRS 1852) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1906-1907 vol 78 pp xiv-xviii signed by A N |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/38333377 |
| Royal Society code | NA6431 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/5/708 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Lowthian Bell, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 22 September 1891 |
| NLB/5/1150 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 January 1892 |
| NLB/14/273 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 February 1897 |
| NLB/16/433 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir I Lowthian Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 April 1898 |
| NLB/28/648 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Lowthian Bell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 25 April 1904 |
| MC/20/243 | Letter from [Andrew] Noble, Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 8 March 1905 |
| EC/1874/02 | Bell, Sir Isaac Lowthian: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/120 | Letter from I [Isaac] Lowthian Bell, The Hall, Washington, County of Durham, to the Royal Society, Burlington House, London | 8 June 1874 |
| MC/10/148 | Letter from I [Isaac] Lowthian Bell, Middlesborough, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London | 8 September 1874 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/12/214 | Letter from I [Isaac] Lowthian Bell, Rounton Grange, Northallerton, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 5 November 1881 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/19/57 | Letter from [Isaac] Lowthian Bell, Rounton Grange, Northallerton, to the Royal Society | April 1904 |
| MC/26/30 | Letter from William [Arthur] Bone, The University, Leeds, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, London | 18 June 1911 |
| MC/27/249 | Letter from Rudolph Messel, 147 Victoria Street, S.W, to [Robert] Harrison, [Assistant Secretary], [Royal Society] | 5 June 1912 |
| HS/4/42 | Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1 June 1863 |
| HS/4/48 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Isaac L. Bell, dated at Collingwood | 24 December 1869 |
| HS/4/43 | Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 8 June 1863 |
| HS/4/40 | Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Washington Co. Durham | 15 December 1862 |
| HS/4/45 | Incomplete letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 17 June 1863 |
| MC/19 | Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1904 |
| MC/20 | Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1905 |
| HS/4/41 | Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 20 December 1862 |
| HS/4/46 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Isaac L. Bell, dated at Collingwood | 18 June 1863 |
| HS/4/47 | Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Washington Co. Durham | 7 September 1863 |
| HS/4/44 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Isaac L. Bell, dated at Collingwood | 11 June 1863 |