Sir Arthur William Rueker , FRS, Principal of the University of London. Source: Who Was Who Publisher: A&C Black Category: Biography Date of publication: January 2006 RčUCKER, Sir Arthur William (1848-1915) Details: RčUCKER, Sir Arthur William, Kt 1902; MA, DSc (Oxon, Cantab., Vict., Leeds, Belfast), LLD (Glas., Edin.); FRS; born 23 October 1848; eldest son of D. H. Rncker, Errington, Clapham Park; married 1st, 1876, Marian (died 1878), daughter of J. D. Heaton, FRCP, Leeds; one daughter; 2nd, 1892, Thereza (died 1911), daughter of N. Story-Maskelyne, FRS, Basset Down, Swindon, Wilts; one son. Education: Clapham Grammar School; Brasenose College, Oxford. Junior Univ. Mathematical Scholar, Oxford, 1869; 1st class Mathematical Mods, 1869; Final School, 1870; Natural Science, 1871; Fellow Brasenose Coll. Oxford, 1871-1876; later Hon. Fellow. Work: Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Yorks College, 1874; contested (L) N. Leeds, 1885, and (LU) Pudsey Division of Yorkshire, 1886; Professor of Physics, Royal College of Science, London, 1886-1901; Principal of the University of London, 1901-1908, Fellow, 1890; Royal Medal of Royal Society, 1891; Treasurer of British Association, 1891-1898; Trustee, 1898; President of Physical Society, 1893-1895; Secretary of Royal Society, 1896-1901; President of British Association, 1901; Member of Royal Commission on Irish Universities, 1906; on the University of Belfast, 1908; of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 1908; Board of Trade Committee on Sight Tests, 1910; Royal Commission of the 1851 Exhibition, 1911; on the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Publications: On the Expansion of Sea Water by Heat (with Sir E. Thorpe, FRS), 1876; a series of papers on the Properties of Liquid Films (with Professor Reinold, FRS), 1880-1892; Magnetic Surveys of the British Isles for the Epochs 1886 (pub. 1890) and 1891 (pub. 1896) (with Sir E. Thorpe). Address: Everington House, near Newbury, Berks. Clubs: Athenµum. Died: 1 November 1915
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