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Authorised form of nameShaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945); meteorologist
Dates1854 - 1945
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Date of birth04 March 1854
Place of death171 Old Brompton Road, Kensington, London, England
Date of death23 March 1945
Dates and placesBurial: Key Hill cemetery, Birmingham, England.
OccupationMeteorologist
Research fieldMeteorology
Physics
ActivityEducation:
King Edward VI School, Birmingham; Emmanuel College, Cambridge; University of Berlin. MA
Career:
Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1877-1906); Lecturer in Experimental Physics, Cambridge University (1887-1899); Director, Meteorological Office (1905-1920); Professor of Meteorology, Royal College of Science (1920-1924).
Honours:
Kt 1915
Memberships:
FRMS (President 1918-1919)
Awards/Medals:
Symons Gold Medal 1910
Buys Ballot Medal 1923
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1891
Age at election37
ProposerRobert Bellamy Clifton; Robert Henry Scott; Williamm Ramsay; Shelford Bidwell; William Grylls Adams; George Carey Foster
Thomas George Bonney; George Howard Darwin; William Thomson; Strachey Strachey; Francis Galton; Joseph John Thomson; Arthur Schuster; Richard Tetley Glazebrook
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1923
RelationshipsParents: Charles Thomas Shaw, manufacturing goldsmith and jeweller, and Kezia, daughter of Thomas Lawden, gold chain maker, of Birmingham.
Spouse: Sarah Jane Dugdale, daughter of Thomas Harland MD, of Salford, (1885).
Published worksRCN 36970
RCN R63381
RCN 21874
General contextIntroduced the Tephigram.
Royal Society Obituary or MemoirClick to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices)
Image

Shaw W N, IM Maull 004139.jpg

SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 203-230, plate, by E Gold
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/77098202
Royal Society codeNA7142
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1891/16Shaw, Sir William Napier: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/29/505Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office28 October 1904
NLB/30/637Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society1 May 1905
IM/Maull/004139Shaw, Sir William Napiernd
MS/591/4/8Letter from William Napier Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, London, to Sir Archibald [Geikie]25 October 1908
MOB/073Barograph by Short & Masonc.1920
NLB/48/784Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 October 1913
IM/004142Shaw, Sir William Napiernd
NLB/51/197Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw FRS7 January 1915
NLB/23/2/42Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to [William] Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society6 March [1901]
NLB/38/340Copy telegram from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Sherringham, Norfolk[July 1908]
NLB/31/232Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 July 1905
NLB/10/835Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Napier Shaw, Emmanuel College, Cambridge15 February 1895
NLB/9/388Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society11 May 1894
NLB/23/1/366Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society2 November 1901
NLB/9/467Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society22 May 1894
NLB/11/885Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society28 October 1895
NLB/11/878Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]25 October 1895
NLB/14/460Copy letter from Theodore E James, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 March 1897
NLB/14/561Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Emmanuel College, Cambridge29 March 1897
RR/16/110Referee's report by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry DinesMay 1903
NLB/44New Letter Book volume 44, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration12 April-4 December 1911
RR/15/193Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The behaviour of oxyhaemoglobin' by Arthur Gamgee10 July 1901
NLB/60/3Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS2 December 1920
NLB/14/823Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society25 May 1897
NLB/23/2/119Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society and R Waley Cohen4 November 1901
NLB/14/826Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert Henry Scott, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Meteorological Council, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.26 May 1897
NLB/47/421Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, SW29 January 1913
RR/16/109Referee's report by Alexander Buchan, on a paper 'Meteorological observations by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902' by William Napier Shaw and William Henry DinesJune 1903
NLB/34/37Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]20 November 1906
NLB/23/1/745Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 January 1902
NLB/31/531Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society6 October 1905
NLB/22/856Copy letter from unknown correspondent, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street31 July 1901
NLB/22/96Copy letter from [Theodore E] James, to [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society2 March 1901
NLB/20/273Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons][9 March 1900]
NLB/21/498Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society27 November 1900
NLB/20/275Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons10 March 1900
NLB/20/237Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Meteorological Council, 63 Victoria Street, S.W. 5 March 1900
NLB/20/360Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society 2 April 1900
NLB/22/91Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]1 March [1901]
NLB/20/556Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Secretary, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.22 May 1900
NLB/21/477Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Secretary, Meteorological Council, Meteorological Office, S.W. 24 November 1900
NLB/22/819Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society][July 1901]
NLB/21/271Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.16 October 1900
NLB/27/109Copy telegram from the Secretaries of the Royal Society, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society], 'Weather', London[2 July 1903]
NLB/22/811Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society23 July 1901
NLB/23/1/217Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society11 October 1901
NLB/22/443Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary, Meteorological Office15 May 1901
NLB/22/724Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society6 July 1901
NLB/31/40Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 June 1905
NLB/22/464Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]20 May 1901
NLB/21/581Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary to the Meteorological Council12 December 1900
NLB/21/779Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary, Meteorological Office29 January 1901
NLB/23/1/242Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.15 October 1901
NLB/23/2/360Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, and William Henry Dines, [Fellow of the Royal Society]2 July 1903
NLB/23/2/502Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Richard Tetley Glazebrook, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1904
NLB/23/1/592Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Mr William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]9 December 1901
NLB/23/2/542Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary to the Meteorological1 November 1904
NLB/23/2/518Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to The Secretary, Board of Education7 July 1904
NLB/25/249Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1902
NLB/25/307Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W. 15 October 1902
NLB/25/381Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Henry Mahoney Christie, William Napier Shaw, Richard Teltey Glazebrook, Sir Normal Lockyer, Fellows of the Royal Society28 October 1902
NLB/25/600Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Meteorological Office, Victoria Street24 November 1902
NLB/26/241Copy letter from the Secretaries of the Royal Society to, William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society16 February 1903
NLB/25/724Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.15 December 1902
NLB/27/115Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society3 July 1903
NLB/26/59Copy letter from Dr Joseph Larmor to, Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 January 1903
NLB/26/190Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.5 February 1903
NLB/27/91Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society29 June 1903
NLB/26/401Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to, William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office13 March 1903
NLB/27/302Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society4 August 1903
NLB/27/274Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]30 July 1903
NLB/30/230Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal SocietyFebruary 1905
NLB/48/783Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 October 1913
NLB/30/684Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society8 May 1905
NLB/27/849Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society11 December 1903
NLB/28/52Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society14 December 1903
NLB/30/39Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society20 January 1905
NLB/30/101Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society28 January 1905
NLB/30/193Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society10 February 1905
MC/20/370Note from [William Napier] Shaw[1905]
NLB/30/558Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 April 1905
NLB/33/848Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 November 1906
MC/19/757Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison15 October 1904
NLB/28/506Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 March 1904
NLB/29/381Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society3 October 1904
NLB/28/574Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to the Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehall13 April 1904
NLB/30/730Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 May 1905
NLB/31/258Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]17 July 1905
NLB/29/442Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.17 October 1904
NLB/28/620Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society19 April 1904
NLB/31/38Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society14 June 1905
NLB/31/279Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]19 July 1905
NLB/31/613Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society18 October 1905
NLB/31/526Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society5 October 1905
NLB/31/446Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 September 1905
NLB/31/598Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society17 October 1907
NLB/32/128Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society10 January 1906
NLB/32/179Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society22 January 1906
NLB/33/283Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society27 July 1906
NLB/35/151Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]26 April 1907
NLB/32/323Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]20 February 1906
MC/21/567Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society18 May 1906
NLB/32/383Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Colonel David Bruce, Fellow of the Royal Society2 March 1906
NLB/32/523Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society26 March 1906
NLB/33/741Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society29 October 1906
NLB/39/112Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Major Darwin27 November 1908
NLB/29/845Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society20 December 1904
NLB/46/516Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 August 1912
NLB/52/675Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS10 February 1916
NLB/35/57Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office11 April 1907
NLB/36/43Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]26 July 1907
NLB/35/145Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons25 April 1907
NLB/34/249Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society17 December 1906
NLB/34/280Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society20 December 1906
NLB/34/184Copy letter from Joseph Larmor and Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society10 December 1906
NLB/35/440Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society1 June 1907
NLB/37/702Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society4 May 1908
NLB/34/348Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society9 January 1907
NLB/35/700Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]5 July 1907
NLB/35/542Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 June 1907
NLB/35/597Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society18 June 1907
NLB/34/564Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society5 February 1907
MC/22/408Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society6 February 1907
NLB/34/520Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to [William Napier] Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society]2 February 1907
NLB/35/752Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office12 July 1907
NLB/34/698Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society27 February 1907
NLB/38/23Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society3 June 1908
MC/31/193Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, 10 Morton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, S.W, to Sir Alfred Kempe, The Brown House, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey7 August 1916
NLB/37/116Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS24 January 1908
NLB/36/561Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 November 1907
NLB/37/128Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS29 January 1908
NLB/36/750Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society11 December 1907
NLB/37/299Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to [William Napier] Shaw28 February 1908
NLB/37/280Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS25 February 1908
NLB/39/137Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Admiral Field1 December 1908
NLB/37/465Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society24 March 1908
NLB/37/324Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw. Fellow of the Royal Society2 March 1908
NLB/37/405Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 March 1908
NLB/37/502Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society30 March 1908
NLB/39/30Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to [William Napier] Shaw14 November 1908
NLB/37/669Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society29 April 1908
NLB/39/92Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Major L Darwin25 November 1908
NLB/39/90Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain Scott, CB, RN, HMS "Bulwark", Channel Fleet25 November 1908
NLB/39/78Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [Joseph] LArmor, Secretary of the Royal Society23 November 1908
NLB/39/148Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Admiral Field3 December 1908
NLB/39/244Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Captain Scott15 December 1908
NLB/39/237Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to C T R Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society14 December 1908
NLB/39/251Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to H Norman Edge, 24 Warwick Drive, Liscard, Cheshire16 December 1908
MC/24/159Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Morton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, SW, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]14 February 1909
NLB/39/203Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Major L Darwin11 December 1908
NLB/39/339Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society4 January 1909
NLB/38/374Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society23 July 1908
NLB/39/426Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to H T Ferrar, Survey Department, GIZA (Branch), Egypt21 January 1909
NLB/39/400Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Captain Scott18 January 1909
NLB/38/708Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society23 October 1908
NLB/40/128Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 23 April 1909
NLB/40/233Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS4 May 1909
NLB/40/439Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 8 June 1909
NLB/42/792Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 12 October 1910
NLB/42/224Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS28 April 1910
NLB/41/419Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society10 December 1909
NLB/42/375Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS30 May 1910
MC/25/232Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Morton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison10 October 1910
NLB/44/445Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 11 July 1911
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NLB/41/222Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society4 November 1909
NLB/42/466Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to W [William N [Napier] Shaw FRS19 June 1910
NLB/42/557Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 6 July 1910
NLB/46/627Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society5 October 1912
NLB/42/610Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS15 July 1910
NLB/43/131Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society9 November 1910
NLB/44/68Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 1 May 1911
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NLB/42/386Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Captain Scott2 June 1910
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NLB/44/22Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to [William Napier] Shaw25 April 1911
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NLB/43/385Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society20 December 1910
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NLB/46/3Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 May 1912
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MC/26/241Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W6 January 1911
NLB/43/315Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society9 December 1910
NLB/46/5Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 May 1912
MC/26/245Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, W9 September 1911
NLB/44/570Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison [per H Robinson] to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS28 August 1911
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NLB/43/721Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society17 March 1911
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NLB/46/66Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Office5 June 1912
NLB/45/196Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS17 January 1912
NLB/51/529Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw FRS17 April 1915
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NLB/47/18Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to [William Napier] Shaw14 November 1912
NLB/48/565Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society[28] July 1913
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NLB/47/389 Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to [William Napier] Shaw25 January 1913
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NLB/48/587Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society31 July 1913
NLB/47/146Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS7 December 1912
NLB/50/702Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 October 1914
NLB/50/698Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society15 October 1914
NLB/50/22Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society8 April 1914
NLB/48/832Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society22 October 1913
NLB/52/301Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to an unknown correspondent6 November 1915
NLB/50/301Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 June 1914
NLB/50/181Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1914
NLB/50/272Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society9 June 1914
NLB/51/322Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw FRS12 February 1915
NLB/52/235Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS20 October 1915
NLB/51/814Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir William Napier Shaw FRS5 July 1915
NLB/54/843Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 15 October 1917
NLB/50/507Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society22 July 1914
NLB/50/555Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society29 July 1914
NLB/51/466Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw25 March 1915
NLB/53/314Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS07 July 1916
NLB/52/597Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS26 January 1916
NLB/51/349Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw FRS22 February 1915
NLB/51/790Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir William Napier Shaw FRS1 July 1915
NLB/52/236Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS20 October 1915
NLB/52/453Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS14 December 1914
NLB/52/271Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Charles Chree, FRS1 November 1915
RR/16/298Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The vertical temperature gradient on the west coast of Scotland & at Oxshott: Surrey' by William Henry Dines31 December 1905
NLB/52/286Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 2 November 1915
NLB/60/83Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS9 December 1920
NLB/53/138Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS8 May 1916
NLB/52/516Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS5 January 1916
RR/24/76Referee's report by William Henry Dines, on a paper 'Revolving fluid in the atmosphere' by William Napier Shaw[June 1917]
NLB/53/606Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS07 November 1916
NLB/53/533Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Naper Shaw, FRS24 October 1916
NLB/54/299Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS24 March 1917
NLB/59/647Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS28 October 1920
RR/18/167Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'On an electric hydrometer' by George M Minchin16 April 1911
NLB/54/557Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS18 June 1917
MC/32/241Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, S.W.5, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]15 June 1917
NLB/53/71Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Wiliam] Napier Shaw, FRS3 April 1916
NLB/58/130Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 18 March 1920
NLB/53/481Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS05 October 1916
NLB/54/458Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS16 May 1917
NLB/64/669Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw FRS29 May 1923
NLB/54/757Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M. le General de Schokalsky12 September 1917
NLB/57/330Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS18 October 1919
NLB/53/161Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS12 May 1916
NLB/54/759Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS12 September 1917
NLB/54/175Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS26 February 1917
NLB/53/282Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS27 June 1916
NLB/56/63Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS12 November 1918
NLB/53/482Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS05 October 1916
NLB/53/210Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS26 May 1916
NLB/58/759Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 16 June 1920
NLB/47New Letter Book volume 47, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration12 November 1912-24 April 1913
NLB/65/296Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Hugh Frank] Newall, FRS8 October 1923
RR/35/138Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The agricultural value of rainfall in the tropics' by H Martin Leake18 October 1927
RR/11/124Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'Voltaic cells with fused electrolytes' by J Brown15 June 1892
NLB/65/783Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS1 January 1924
NLB/59/82Copy letter from [Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Sir Napier [William] Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS16 July 1920
NLB/58/461Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 7 May 1920
NLB/58/887Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Offices and FRS 30 June 1920
NLB/57/546Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS1 December 1919
NLB/59/85Copy letter from [Maud K. Jukes, Clerk of the Royal Society]; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS16 July 1920
NLB/55/598Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS21 June 1918
NLB/65/474Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS6 November 1923
NLB/59/674Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS1 November 1920
NLB/57/404Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS31 October 1919
NLB/60/143Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS14 December 1920
NLB/57/226Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS, Meteorological Office17 September 1919
RR/10/225Referee's report by George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments' by William Napier Shaw26 February 1888
NLB/60/364Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS21 January 1921
NLB/57/457Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Director [Sir William Napier Shaw, FRS] Meteorological Office11 November 1919
NLB/62/251Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS13 January 1922
NLB/62/609Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS23 March 1922
NLB/61/293Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS17 June 1921
NLB/61/456Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS8 July 1921
NLB/57/652Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS7 January, 1920
NLB/55/526Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS15 May 1918
NLB/62/129Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS8 December 1921
NLB/67/208Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS13 November 1924
NLB/64/537Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS03 May 1923
NLB/57/135Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel HG [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, [Chairman of the Gassiot Committee]29 July 1919
NLB/57/307Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr C [Charles] Chree, FRS13 October 1919
NLB/57/296Copy letter from Sir William Napier Shaw, Secretary of the Gassiot Committee; to the Meteorological Office28 July 1919
NLB/65/93Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Hugh Frank] Newall, FRS25 July 1923
NLB/65/438Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Keeper of His Majesty's Privy Purse1 November 1923
NLB/63/716Copy letter from Sir David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society and FRS; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS05 December 1922
NLB/64/873Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS6 July 1923
NLB/65/698Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS10 December 1923
NLB/65/477Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; sent to The Times; The Morning Post; The Daily Telegraph; Nature; the Press Association6 November 1923
NLB/65/621Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of His Majesty's Privy Purse; Privy Purse Office, Buckingham Palace, S.W.29 November 1923
NLB/66/598Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to H. Eustance Davies, Esq., Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W.13 June 1924
NLB/66/747Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, Treasury, Whitehall, S.W.13 July 1924
NLB/66/883Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Gerald Ponsonby] Lenox-Conyngham, FRS6 August 1924
NLB/70/146Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, FRS12 January 1927
NLB/71/408Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS3 May 1928
NLB/69/927Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS19 November 1926
NLB/71/440Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS17 May 1928
NLB/71/230Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS17 February 1928
NLB/71/494Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Napier Shaw, FRS14 June 1928
CD/11/4Report on the ventilation of the Meeting Room, by Dr [William Napier] Shaw3 February 1906
MS/591/4/14'Memorandum on Captain Scott's letter to the Royal Society re meteorological observations in the Antarctic' by Mr. R.H. Curtis12 November 1908
CD/44/13Letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Sir [William] Napier Shaw, [Frank Edward] Smith, and [William James Uglow] Woolcock6 July 1923
NLB/65/557Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS20 November 1923
NLB/65/437Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the Mint1 November 1923
NLB/42New Letter Book volume 42, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration4 March 1910-19 October 1910
RR/15/192Referee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'The behaviour of oxyhaemoglobin' by Arthur Gamgee4 July 1901
NLB/46New Letter Book volume 46, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration21 May 1912-12 November 1912
RR/28/131Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The influence of rainfall on the yield of wheat at Rothamsted' by Ronald Aylmer Fisher7 January 1924
NLB/20/70Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir Richard Strachey, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Meteorological Council 25 January 1900
NLB/21/615Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Meteorological Council18 December 1900
NLB/29/409Copy letter from Joseph Larmor and Archibald Geikie, to Captain Thomas Henry Tizard, Fellow of the Royal Society, Charles Thomas Rees Wilson, William Henry Dines, Fellow of the Royal Society, H N Dickson, A J Herbertson, Dr Charles Chree, Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor Joseph Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Dr H R Mill10 October 1904
NLB/29/549Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Meteorological Office3 November 1904
NLB/29/608Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Sociey14 November 1904
NLB/36/204Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society16 September 1907
MC/31/194Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W14 August 1916
NLB/41/188Copy letter from [Secretary of the Royal Society], to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Director of the Meteorological Office29 October 1909
NLB/46/71Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1912
NLB/48/68Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society5 May 1913
NLB/54/532Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Hugh Longbourne] Callendar, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee and FRS11 June 1917
NLB/48New Letter Book volume 48, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration25 April 1913-25 October 1913
RR/12/249Letter from William Napier Shaw, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Researches on the electric properties of pure substances.—No. I. The electrical properties of pure sulphur' by Richard Threlfall, Joseph Henry Drapier Brearley and Mr Allen13 February 1895
NLB/62/503Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS23 February 1922
MC/21/564Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House2 January 1906
NLB/35/339Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society17 May 1907
NLB/54New Letter Book volume 54, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration10 January 1917-2 November 1917
NLB/29New Letter Book volume 29, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration13 June 1904-13 January 1905
NLB/58New Letter Book volume 58, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration28 February 1920-9 July 1920
RR/16/153Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'On the influence of the time factor on the correlation between Barometric heights at two stations 1000 miles apart' by Frances Evelyn Cave-Browne-Cave9 July 1904
MS/591/4/13Letter from William Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Sir Archibald [Geikie, Secretary Royal Society]10 November 1908
NLB/57/890Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Director of the Meteorological Office [Sir William Napier Shaw, FRS]27 February 1920
MS/591/4/1Letter from William Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Sir Archibald [Geikie], Royal Society, Burlington House, London7 April 1908
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
NLB/53New Letter Book volume 53, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 March 1916-10 January 1917
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
NLB/22/397Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir [William Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Meteorological Society, 63 Victoria Street, S.W.7 May 1901
NLB/20/162Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to Sir Richard Strachey, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Meteorological Council19 February 1900
NLB/19/746Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to the Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury11 December 1899
RR/15/225Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The mathematical theory of errors of judgement with especial reference to the personal equation' by Karl Pearson3 June 1901
RR/10/224Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'Report on hygrometric methods; first part, including the saturation method and the chemical method, and dew-point instruments' by William Napier Shaw23 February 1888
RR/13/277Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'On the conditions which render absolute the readings of the mercurial thermometer absolute' by Sidney A Sworn29 May 1897
PP/15/31/1Manuscript, 'On a pneumatic analogue of the Wheatstone bridge' by William Napier Shaw1890
PP/15/31Paper, 'On a pneumatic analogue of the Wheatstone bridge' by William Napier Shaw1890
PP/15/31/2Diagrams, pneumatic analogue of the Wheatstone bridge by William Napier Shaw1890
RR/15/255Referee's report by Arthur Alcock Rambaut, on a paper 'The seasonal variation of atmospheric temperature in the British Isles and its relation in wind-direction' by William Napier Shaw and R Waley Cohen13 July 1901
RR/12/245Letter from William Napier Shaw, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'Researches on the electric properties of pure substances.—No. I. The electrical properties of pure sulphur' by Richard Threlfall, Joseph Henry Drapier Brearley and Mr Allen21 July 1894
RR/12/246Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'Researches on the electric properties of pure substances.—No. I. The electrical properties of pure sulphur' by Richard Threlfall, Joseph Henry Drapier Brearley and Mr Allen21 July 1894
RR/15/313Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'On the correlation between barometric height' by F E Cave-Browne-Cave and Karl Pearson9 June 1902
RR/16/340Referee's report by William Napier Shaw, on a paper 'The flow of the River Thames in relation to British pressure & rainfall changes' by Joseph Norman Lockyer and Dr W J S Lockyer25 April 1905
MC/18/179Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison27 April 1903
MC/18/178Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Secretary of the Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, Burlington House7 February 1903
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/18/180Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House23 May 1903
MC/18/181Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Secretary of the Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society9 December 1903
MC/23/425Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, SW, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]19 May 1908
MC/19/583Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Geriza, Cairo, to [William Napier] Shaw19 December 1904
MC/24/158Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, SW, to [Robert] Harrison, Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly11 February 1909
NLB/39/607Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society12 February 1909
MC/19/755Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor8 October 1904
MC/19/756Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison11 October 1904
MC/29/232Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W13 May 1914
MC/19/759Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor15 December 1904
MC/19/754Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor27 September 1904
MC/19/753Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison6 April 1904
MC/19/752Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, The Royal Society7 January 1904
MC/19/758Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor19 October 1904
NLB/29/363Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary, Meteorological Council30 September 1904
NLB/29/430Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society13 October 1904
MC/25/233Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Morton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, S.W, to [Joseph] Larmor, [Royal Society]12 April 1910
NLB/42/784Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS11 October 1910
MC/26/244Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Royal Society25 April 1911
NLB/44/609Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS28 September 1911
MC/26/242Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W9 January 1911
MC/26/243Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W11 January 1911
MC/27/322Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to [Joseph] Larmor, [Royal Society]10 July 1912
MC/27/317Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W9 January 1912
MC/27/320Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W7 May 1912
MC/27/318Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W12 January 1912
MC/27/319Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W29 January 1912
MC/27/323Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W12 November 1912
MC/20/372Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, [Robert William Frederick] Harrison11 December 1905
MC/20/369Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House23 March 1905
NLB/32/73Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society21 December 1905
MC/28/252Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W27 February 1913
MC/28/251Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W7 January 1915
MC/28/253Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W2 May 1913
MC/28/254Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W9 May 1913
MC/28/255Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Treasurer, The Royal Society, London, W24 October 1913
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
MC/18Volume 18 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1903
MC/20Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1905
MC/20/371Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Alfred Bray] Kempe, The Royal Society, Burlington House4 December 1905
MC/29/233Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W10 June 1914
MC/29/231Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W6 April 1914
MC/29/234Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Professor Arthur Schuster, Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W23 July 1914
MC/29/235Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to [Robert] Harrison, The Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W31 July 1914
MC/21/565Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor16 January 1906
MC/21/566Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House21 February 1906
NLB/32/113Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society5 January 1906
NLB/32/344Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society23 February 1906
MC/21/568Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House18 December 1906
MC/31/190Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W5 April 1916
MC/31/192Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W5 July 1916
MC/31/191Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, The Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W13 April 1916
MC/32/242Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W., to The Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, W.122 August 1917
MC/32/240Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, Meteorological Office, South Kensington, London, S.W., to The Secretaries, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W2 January 1917
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
NLB/35/208Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society1 May 1907
MC/22/410Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Alfred Bray] Kempe, Treasurer of the Royal Society, Burlington House5 April 1907
NLB/34/555Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Napier Shaw, Fellow of the Royal Society7 February 1907
MC/22/409Letter from [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House7 February 1907
MC/36Volume 36 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1922
MC/37/99Letter from [Hugh Frank] Newall, Madingley Rise, Cambridge, to Mr [Francis Alexander] Towle, [Royal Society]25 July 1923
MC/36/90Letter from Napier Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, to Sir [David] Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society, Burlington House7 December 1922
MC/37/125Letter from [William] Napier Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, S.W.5., to [James Hopwood] Jeans, [Royal Society]7 November 1923
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