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Authorised form of nameMorgan; Thomas Hunt (1866 - 1945)
Dates1866 - 1945
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthLexington, Kentucky, USA
Date of birth25 September 1866
Place of deathPasadena, California, USA
Date of death04/12/1945
Research fieldEmbryology
Genetics
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1933
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election26/06/1919
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1924; Copley Medal 1939
Lectures:
Croonian 1922
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 451-466, plate, by R A Fisher and G R de Beer
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/66545024
Royal Society codeNA672
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1919/20Morgan, Thomas Hunt: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/62/506Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, FRS[24 February 1922]
NLB/62/505Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, FRS24 February 1922
NLB/67/354Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, ForMemRS8 December 1924
NLB/62/927Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, FRS9 June 1922
NLB/62/151Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Thomas [Hunt] Morgan, FRS10 December 1921
NLB/62/450Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor H. T. Morgan [Thomas Hunt Morgan, FRS?]16 February 1922
NLB/68/639Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Edgar Johnson] Allen, FRS29 September 1925
NLB/62New Letter Book volume 62, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration11 November 1921-10 June 1922
NLB/67/161Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Minister of the Mint6 November 1924
NLB/68/323Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, ForMemRS19 June 1925
NLB/67/156Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, ForMemRS6 November 1924
NLB/67/191Copy letter of a notice sent to 'The Times'; 'The Morning Post'; 'The Daily Telegraph'; 'Nature'; the Press Association10 November 1924
NLB/67/507Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan; Columbia University, KT12 January 1925
NLB/68/358Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Hunt] Morgan, ForMemRS24 June 1925
NLB/68/601Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Edgar Johnson] Allen, FRS19 September 1925
MDA/C/4/2Letters on nominations to deliver the Croonian Lecture1921-1925
MC/38Volume 38 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1924
MC/38/68Letter from Thomas Hunt Morgan, Department of Zoology, Columbia University, in the City of New York, to William Bate Hardy, The Royal Society, London, Burlington House, London18 november 1924
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