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The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, (formerly known as Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society), is a journal published by the Royal Society of London
Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, or even the Royal, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and is considered by most to be the oldest such society still in existence....
. It is published annually and publishes obituaries of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biographical Memoirs has been published since 1955; Obituary Notices was published from 1932-1954. Prior to this obituaries were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

The obituaries are often quite long and detailed.






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The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, (formerly known as Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society), is a journal published by the Royal Society of London
Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, or even the Royal, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and is considered by most to be the oldest such society still in existence....
. It is published annually and publishes obituaries of Fellows of the Royal Society. Biographical Memoirs has been published since 1955; Obituary Notices was published from 1932-1954. Prior to this obituaries were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

The obituaries are often quite long and detailed. They often include portraits and bibliographies
Bibliography

Bibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology ....
 of work by their subjects. Usually they are written by a scientist of the next generation, often one of the subject's own former students. They serve as excellent sources for research into biographies of scientists and for information about the history of science
History of science

Science is a body of empirical knowledge, theory, and Procedural knowledge knowledge about the Nature, produced by a global community of researchers making use of scientific methods, which emphasize the observation, experimentation and scientific explanation of real world phenomenon....
. Tempered against this though is a slight tendency exaggerate achievements and to gloss over negative points.

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  • (with a list of all obituaries published and the volume they were published in, by name).