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Authorised form of nameMcLeod; Herbert (1841 - 1923)
Dates1841 - 1923
NationalityBritish
Place of birthStoke Newington, London, England
Date of birth19 February 1841
Date of death01/10/1923
ActivityCareer:
Assistant Chemist, School of Mines, London (1860-1871); Professor of Experimental Science, Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill (1871-1901); collaborated with Lord Robert Cecil (FRS 1868) at Hatfield House; Honorary Director, Royal Society Catlaogue of Scientific Papers
Memberships:
FIC; FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/06/1881
RelationshipsEldest son of Bentley McLeod
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1924 vol 105 pp x-xi signed by T E T
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/8245174
Royal Society codeNA6637
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/Maull/002906McLeod, Herbertnd
IM/Maull/002904McLeod, Herbertnd
IM/Maull/002905McLeod, Herbertnd
NLB/4/899Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society21 November 1890
NLB/3/828Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society18 October 1889
NLB/5/782Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Herbert McLeod, [Fellow of the Royal Society]10 October 1891
RR/15/247Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'A new manometer, and on the law of pressure of gases between 1.5 and 0.01 millimetres of mercury' by John William Strutt, Lord RayleighFebruary 1901
RR/15/246Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'A comparative study of the spectra, densities and melting points of some groups of elements and of the relation of properties to atomic mass' by Hugh RamageDecember 1901
NLB/17/415Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Edward Emanuel Klein, [Fellow of the Royal Society]25 October 1898
NLB/19/134Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society28 June 1899
NLB/22/783Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Herbert] McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society17 July 1901
NLB/22/667Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Herbert] McLeod, [Fellow of the Royal Society]24 June 1901
NLB/23/1/582Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society7 December 1901
NLB/31/772Copy letter from Robert Frederick William Harrison, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society13 November 1905
NLB/33/389Copy letter from A H White, to Professor Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society, S Saviour's House, College Road, Eastbourne22 August 1906
NLB/41/128Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Herbert] McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society19 October 1909
NLB/42/644Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor H [Herbert] McLeod FRS 25 July 1910
NLB/46/594Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society1 October 1912
NLB/46/133Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society13 June 1912
NLB/48/619Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to The Library Committee (Dr Herbert McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society, and other members of the Committee)11 August 1913
NLB/50/561Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Henry] McLeod, Fellow of the Royal Society29 July 1914
NLB/52/185Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir Thomas Barlow, FRS7 October 1915
RR/8/172Referee's report by James Thomson, on a paper 'On the determination of the rate of vibration of tuning-forks' by Herbert McLeod and George Sydenham Clarke5 November 1879
NLB/58/589Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Herbert] McLeod, FRS27 May 1920
RR/10/370Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'Experiments on vapour-density' by E P Perman26 April 1890
RR/11/25Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'The variations of electromotive force of cells consisting of certain metals, platinum, and nitric acid' by George James Burch and V H Velby14 January 1891
RR/10/96Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on the Bakerian Lecture 'On the dissociation of some gases by the electric discharge' by Joseph John Thomson24 June 1887
RR/10/328Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'Photometric observations of the Sun and sky' by William Brennand5 January 1891
RR/10/227Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'The conditions of the evolution of gases from homogeneous liquids' by Victor Herbert Veley27 May 1888
RR/10/240Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'Combustion in dried oxygen' by Herbert Brereton Baker27 August 1888
RR/8/171Referee's report by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, on a paper 'On the determination of the rate of vibration of tuning-forks' by Herbert McLeod and George Sydenham Clarke10 Jue 1879
RR/17/82Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'A new form of pressure gauge' by R J P Roberts[August 1906]
NLB/57/863Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr H [Herbert ] McLeod, FRS25 February 1920
NLB/65/365Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Augustus] Tilden, FRS19 October 1923
NLB/65/431Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Thomas] Edward Thorpe, FRS31 October 1923
NLB/65/378Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Thomas] Edward Thorpe, FRS23 October 1923
NLB/64/721Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Herbert] McLeod FRS8 June 1923
NLB/65/562Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Thomas] Edward Thorpe, FRS21 November 1923
NLB/65/386Copy letter from Charles [Scott] Sherrington, President of the Royal Society; to Mrs McLeod25 October 1923
RR/15/165Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'Continuous electrical calorimetry' by Hugh Longbourne CallendarJanuary 1901
EC/1881/15McLeod, Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/20/157Letter from Herbert McLeod, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to the Royal Society26 May 1905
MC/13/123Letter from Herbert McLeod, Cooper's Hill, Staines, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]30 December 1884
MC/13Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1884
RR/16/363Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'An abstract of a paper by George Gore, FRS. 'On fluroide of silver part III'' by Mr E Prideaux18 April 1905
MC/20/156Letter from Herbert McLeod, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison13 April 1905
MC/20/158Letter from Herbert McLeod, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison18 October 1905
MC/20Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1905
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