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Arthur Silva White
Arthur Silva White FRSE FRSGS (1859–1932) was a 19th/20th-century British administrator, geographer and travel author. He was a founder of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in December 1884. Life He was born at 2 Hanover Terrace in Kensington, London on 1 February 1859 one of 15 siblings and (three half-siblings) of Edward Fox White, a surveyor, and his wife, Julia Gomes Silva (1834-1871). His mother was daughter of Moses Gomes Silva, a Portuguese Jew and (prior to abolition in the British colonies in 1833) prominent slave-owner, who became Marshall General of Jamaica in 1831. Arthur was raised as a Christian. In March 1871 his mother died in childbirth of her 15th child, also Edward Fox White. The huge family were then living at 13 Belsize Park Gardens in the Hampstead district. He was a member of the Societe Africaine de France. From 1884 to 1892 he was editor of the Scottish Geographical Magazine. He was Secretary of the Scottish Geographical Society for the same pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Elections Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. Disciplines The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. A: Life Sciences * A1: Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences * A2: Clinical Sciences * A3: Organismal and Environmental Biology * A4: Cell and Molecular Biology B: Physical, Engineering and I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |