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James Alfred Ewing

1855 - 1935

Born

27 March 1855

109 Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland

Died

07/01/1935

5 Herschel Road, Cambridge, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
09/06/1887
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
32
Occupation
Engineer and cryptographer
Relationships
Parents: James Ewing (1810–1886), minister of St Andrew's Free Church, Dundee, and Marjory, eldest daughter of John Ferguson, a Glasgow solicitor. Spouse: 1) (1879) Anne daughter of Thomas Blackburn Washington of Claymount, West Virginia; 2) (9 March 1911) Ellen Lina, daughter of John Hopkinson (FRS 1878) and sister of Bertram Hopkinson (FRS 1910).