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Authorised form of nameMcCormick; Sir; William Symington (1859 - 1930)
Dates1859 - 1930
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Date of birth29 April 1859
Place of deathAt sea
Date of death23/03/1930
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1911; GBE 1929
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election21/06/1928
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1931 vol 130 pp xv-xxiii, plate, signed by R T and H T T
Royal Society codeNA988
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1928/18McCormick, Sir; William Symington: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002863McCormick, Sir William Symingtonnd
NLB/53/213Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William McCormick, FRS29 May 1916
NLB/54/119Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society13 February 1917
NLB/56/226Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Symington] McCormick, FRS19 December 1918
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