Uncatalogued: Personal papers and certificates of Sir Harold Spencer Jones, 1906-1973

Certificates of the 10th Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones:

BSc Honours Mathematics, First Class, University of London, 1911.
Doctor of Science, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, 1925.
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1930.
Gold Medallist of the Royal Society, 1943.
Facultas Mathematico-Physica Hauniensis, 1946.
Order of the British Empire, 1948.
Coronation Medal, 1953.
Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, 1955.

Also letters relating to his appointments, academic awards and knighthood, etc., and an autograph book containing signatures of staff of The Royal Greenwich Observatory, presented on his retirement from the office of Astronomer Royal, 31 December 1955.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/73/128/1
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1906-1955; 1906-1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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