Arthur Schuster
1851 - 1934
- Born
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12 September 1851
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation, Germany, Europe
- Died
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14/10/1934
Yeldall, near Twyford, Berkshire, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 12/06/1879
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 28
- Occupation
- Physicist
- Relationships
- Parents: Francis Joseph Schuster of Kensington and Marie Pfeiffer of Stuttgart naturalised British (1875) daughter of Hofrath Max Pfeiffer, banker, of Stuttgart. Siblings: Ernest became a Kings Counsel specializing in International Law, and Felix, later Sir Felix Schuster Bart. Sister Paula married Sir Lawrence Jones, Bsrt. Spouse: Emma Caroline Elizabeth (known as Cary; 1867–1962), eldest of the four daughters of George Loveday of Wardington, Oxfordshire, and niece of Sir A W Ward who was a Professor and later Principal of Owen's college from 1866-1897, and subsequently Master of Peterhouse. Children: One son and four daughters. Nephew: Edgar Schuster (1897–1969), the first Galton Fellow of Eugenics at University College London.
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Experiments on the discharge of electricity through gases. Sketch of a theory' by Arthur Schuster
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/5/23 -
Paper, 'On the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886 (Preliminary account)' by Arthur Schuster
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/10/22 -
Paper, 'Experiments on the discharge of electricity through gases. (Second paper)' by Arthur Schuster
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/10/45 -
Paper, 'The discharge of electricity through gases (Preliminary communication.)' by Arthur Schuster
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/15/35 -
Paper, 'On the electrolysis of silver nitrate in vacuo' by Arthur Schuster and Arthur William Crossley
Creator: Arthur William Crossley, Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/18/21 -
Paper, 'Note on the action of copper sulphate and sulphuric acid on metallic copper' by Arthur Schuster
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: PP/23/6
Referee of
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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On the ultraviolet spectra of the elements. Part I - Iron' by George Downing Liveing and James Dewar
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/64 -
Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'On radiant matter spectroscopy. A new method of spectrum analysis' by William Crookes
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/130 -
Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Researches on spectrum photography in relation to new methods of quantitative chemical analysis. Part I' by Walter Noel Hartley
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/144 -
Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Measurements of the wave-lengths of lines of high refrangibility in the spectra of elementary substances' by Walter Noel Hartley and W E Adeney
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/148 -
Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Some relations of heat to voltaic and thermo-electric action of metals in electrolytes' by George Gore
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/207 -
Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'Researches on spectrum photography in relation to new methods of quantitative chemical analysis. Part II' by Walter Noel Hartley
Creator: Arthur Schuster Reference number: RR/9/216
Recipient of
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Letter from Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, on a paper 'On the electricity of rain and its origin in thunderstroms' by George Clarke Simpson to Arthur Schuster
Creator: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Reference number: RR/17/435 -
Letter from Charles Vernon Boys, to Arthur Schuster, regarding a paper 'A standard measuring machine' by P E Shaw
Creator: Charles Vernon Boys Reference number: RR/19/124