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Wife: Charlotte Tiffany Mitchell
Born: ABT 1876 in USA 1 Education: Trinity College, Cambridge 2 (see note 1) Died: 1934 in London 3 (see note 2) Father: Mother:
Husband: James Hopwood Jeans Also known as: Sir James Hopwood Jeans Married: 1907 1
Born: 1877 in Lancashire 3 (see note 3) Resided: 1910 - 1911 at Woodlands, 2 Chaucer Road, Trumpington 4,5 (see note 4) Occupation: Physicist, Astronomer, Mathematician 1 Died: 1946 in Surrey 3 (see note 5) Father: Mother: Media link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jeans Media desc: Wikipedia
Sources: (1) Wikipedia. (2) Alumni Cantabrigienses. (3) FreeBMD website. (4) Rus in Urbe. (5) 1911 census.
Event Notes Note (1) Name: James Hopwood. Jeans College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1896 BORN: 11 Sep 1877 Died: 16 Sep 1946 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 30, 1896. S. of William Tullock [journalist], of 77, Brailsford Road, Tulse Hill, London. B. [Sept. 11, 1877], at Southport, Lancs. School, Merchant Taylors', London. Matric. Michs. 1896; (2nd Wrangler, 1898; Math. Trip., Pt II, 1st Class, 1900); B.A. 1899; Isaac Newton student, 1900; Smith's prize, 1901; M.A. 1903. Fellow, 1901; Hon. Fellow, 1941. University Lecturer in Mathematics, 1904-5. Stokes Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, 1910-12. Hon. D.Sc., Oxford, Manchester, Benares; Hon. LL.D., Aberdeen, Johns Hopkins, St Andrews; Hon. Sc.D., Dublin. Professor of Astronomy at the Royal Institution. Professor of Applied Mathematics, Princeton University, 1905-9. F.R.S.; gold medal, 1919; Secretary, 1919-29. President of R.A.S., 1925-7; gold medal, 1922. President of British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1934; of India Science Congress Association, 1938. Franklin medal of the Franklin Institute, 1931. Mukerjee medal of the Indian Association for Advancement of Science, 1937. Calcutta medal of the R. Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1938. Knighted, 1928. O.M., 1939. Author, The Dynamical Theory of Gases; The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism; Radiation and the Quantum Theory; Atomicity and Quanta; and of such very popular works as The Universe around us; The Mysterious Universe; Stars in their Courses, etc. Of Cleveland Lodge, Dorking, in 1945. Died there Sept. 16, 1946. (Who's Who; The Times, Sept. 17, 1946.) Note (2) Jun 1934 Marylebone 1a 577 age 57 Note (3) Dec 1877 Ormskirk 8b 753 Note (4) Recorded as householder in 1911 census, but not present Note (5) Dep 1946 Surrey SE 5g 607 age 69 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index