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Authorised form of nameChurch; Sir; Arthur Herbert (1834 - 1915)
Dates1834 - 1915
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth02 June 1834
Date of death31/05/1915
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
King's College, London; Royal College of Chemistry; Lincoln College, Oxford. MA (Oxon)
Career:
Professor of Chemistry, Agricultural College, Cirencester (1863-1879); Professor of Chemistry, Royal Academy of Arts (1879-1911); wrote on organic, physiological and mineralogical chemistry
Honours:
KCVO 1909
Memberships:
FCS; FIC
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1888
RelationshipsSon of John Thomas Church; married (03 May 1879) Jemima, daughter of John Buckingham Pope and his wife Martha
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
R K Bluhm, 'A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Society and to other Manuscripts in its Possession' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 21-39
C S S, 'The Society's Library' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 21-27
T Quinn, 'The Palace of Westminster frescoes, Kelvin's secretary and the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine', in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 135-137
F Kurzer, 'Arthur Herbert Church FRS and the Palace of Westminster Frescoes', in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 139-159
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/208894777
Royal Society codeNA6960
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1888/12Church, Sir Arthur Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/809Records and recollections of Arthur Herbert Church1899
NLB/6/513Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society26 May 1892
NLB/6/703Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church29 June 1892
NLB/13/770Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Shelsley, Kew Gardens21 November 1896
NLB/12/382Copy letter from [Herbert Rix] to Dr Arthur Gamgee, Fellow of the Royal Society12 February 1896
NLB/14/282Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Trustees of Sir John Soane's Musuem9 February 1897
NLB/23/2/456Copy letter sent from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society3 March 1904
NLB/28/93Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Williams8 January 1904
NLB/30/616Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society, Shelsley, Kew Gardens, 18 April 1905
NLB/30/669Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society4 May 1905
NLB/36/131Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society20 August 1907
NLB/35/437Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Church, Fellow of the Royal Society1 June 1907
NLB/35/560Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society14 June 1907
NLB/36/488Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society4 November 1907
NLB/39/58Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor Church, Fellow of the Royal Society19 November 1908
RR/11/133Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'Researches on turacin, an animal pigment containing copper.-II' by Arthur Herbert Church3 June 1892
NLB/57/473Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs. Stewart and Lloyd; 3 Lincolns Inn Fields, WC 212 November 1919
NLB/57/716Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs Stewart and Lloyd, 3 & 4 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC 228 January 1920
RR/11/132Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Researches on turacin, an animal pigment containing copper.-II' by Arthur Herbert Church7 May 1892
MS/743/1/77Letter from Arthur Herbert Church, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, to [John Hall] Gladstone25March 1872
NLB/28/94Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society8 January 1904
RR/6/75Referee's report by Warren De la Rue, on a paper 'Researches on turacin, an animal pigment containing copper' by Arthur Herbert Church13 September 1869
RR/6/76Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'Researches on turacin, an animal pigment containing copper' by Arthur Herbert Church11 October 1869
MDA/C/3Correspondence and papers relating to the Church Fund1915-1920
MC/8/358Letter from A H [Arthur Herbert] Church, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, to Dr [William Hallowes] Miller, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society]4 May 1869
AP/38/11Paper, 'On some new colouring matters' by Arthur H [Herbert] Church and William H [Henry] Perkin1856
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
PP/12/5Paper, 'On the occurrence of aluminium in certain vascular cryptogams' by Arthur Herbert Church1888
MC/19/204Letter from [Arthur Herbert] Church, Shelsley, Kew Gardens, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison9 January 1904
MC/23/99Letter from [Arthur Herbert] Church, The Great Western Hotel, Oban, N. B, to Professor Larmor3 September 1908
MC/23/101Letter from [Arthur Herbert] Church, Shelsley, Kew Gardens, to The Royal Society21 October 1908
MC/23/100Letter from [Arthur Herbert] Church, Shelsley, Kew Gardens, to The Royal Society9 October 1908
MC/23Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1908
MC/21Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1906
MC/29/42Memorandum by Arthur [Herbert] Church, Shelsley, Kew Gardens, Surrey, to the [Royal Society]13 January 1914
NLB/32/325Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur Herbert Church, Fellow of the Royal Society20 February 1906
MC/21/112Letter from [Arthur Herbert] Church, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society2 February 1906
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
MC/30/116Letter from [George Downing] Liveing, Cambridge, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, The [Assistant Secretary], [Royal Society]5 July 1915
MC/30/191Letter from Walter [Lewis] Spiers, Curator, Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C, to Robert Harrison, [Royal Society]11 November 1915
MC/30/192Letter from Walter [Lewis] Spiers, Curator, Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C, to The Secretaries, The Royal Society, Burlington House18 December 1915
MC/32/169Letter from [Arthur Pillans] Laurie, Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W20 August 1917
MC/32/254Letter from Charles J Stewart, Johnson, Weatherall & Stuart Solicitors, 7 King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, E.C, to The Secretary, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W.19 March 1917
NLB/54/238Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C. J. Stewart Esquire; 7 King's Bench Walk, E.C.12 March 1917
MC/32/255Letter from Charles J Stewart, Johnson, Weatherall & Stuart Solicitors, 7 King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, E.C, to The Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W4 May 1917
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