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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is a journal of biographical studies and remembrances of scientists and engineers who were members of the Royal Society in London. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The Royal Society began publishing obituaries of its fellows beginning in 1830, in a section of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The publication split off in 1932 as Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, and was renamed Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society in 1955. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. (More details) It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1932-recent: The Royal Society makes memoirs more than one year old freely readable online.

Official Site / Current Material

• The Biographical Memoirs home page has more information about the serial, along with recent content.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, including issues that contained biographies and obituaries prior to the separate launch of this publication.

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