When I Lectured at the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) Festival of Science Held at the University of Liverpool in September 2008

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
John R. Helliwell
Keyword(s):  
British Association ◽  
The University

Science, Religion, and Psychical Research: The Monistic Thought of Sir Oliver Lodge

1978 ◽  
Vol 71 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 245-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Root
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Wave Theory ◽  
British Association ◽  
Psychical Research ◽  
Publication Record ◽  
Distinguished Career ◽  
British Science ◽  
Philosophy And Religion ◽  
Oliver Lodge ◽  
The University

In his long and distinguished career which bridged two centuries, Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940) was one of the most versatile intellectual figures in England. His discoveries in physics placed him in the first rank of British science. For his work in electricity, radio, and wave theory Lodge was awarded the Rumford and Alfred medals by the Royal Society. He also was a Romanes Lecturer at Oxford, a president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the first Principal of the University of Birmingham. Lodge's publication record is breathtaking: more than 1,200 items, including nearly forty books, over a sixty-year period. While more than half of these were purely scientific or technical, it is significant that more than 100 pieces dealt with psychical research and an additional 170 books and articles dealt with topics in philosophy and religion. More than half of Lodge's writings in this latter category appeared between 1896 and 1914.

Review of Sheldon, Leslie E., Ed. (2004) Directions For The Future. Issues In English For Academic Purposes

2005 ◽  
Vol 147-148 ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Linda Vekemans
Keyword(s):  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
British Association ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University

Directions for the future. Issues in English for Academic Purposes is a collection of articles based on the 2001 conference of the British Association of Lecturers for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) held at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Victorian natural scientists overlooking the Firth of Clyde: a rare, early group-photograph decoded

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Association ◽  
Early Group ◽  
Biological Station ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
World Class ◽  
Natural Scientists ◽  
The University

The identities of four eminent nineteenth-century naturalists together in an old photograph on display at the University Marine Biological Station at Millport are revealed as Professor R. A. von Kölliker, Dr W. B. Carpenter FRS, Professor W. Sharpey FRS and Professor J. H. Balfour FRS. Brief biographies are provided. It is suggested that the photograph dates from the British Association for the Advancement of Science's meeting in Glasgow in September 1855. The venue seems likely to have been Carpenter's rented “cottage” on Holy Island, which provided a base for marine biological investigations in the adjacent Lamlash Bay, Arran. The historical significance of this notable early photograph resides in the evidence it confers regarding the relationships between these world-class scientific figures.

scholarly journals Obituary notices of fellows deceased

1914 ◽  
Vol 89 (614) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Early Education ◽  
British Association ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
British Science ◽  
The University

By the death of Sir George Howard Darwin, which took place on December 7 last, the Society has lost an investigator of rare skill and untiring patience, whose work has done much to add lustre to a name already pre-eminent in the annals of British science. Sir George, the second son of Charles Darwin, was born at Down, Kent, in the year 1845. Brought up amidst scientifc surroundings from the start, he received his early education privately at the hands of Rev. Charles Pritchard, who afterwards became Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford. Among Pritchard’s pupils at the time were numbered the sons of many of England’s leading scientists, and many of these in turn have since won for themselves distinguished careers, no fewer than three having officiated in after years as presidents of the British Association.

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