Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1852-1885.

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Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1852-1885.

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Materials by or relating to Robert Grant can be found in the following series: Lubbock Letters: 7 letters. Herschel Letters: 5 letters to J.F.W. Herschel. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 4 letters (to Royal Society and Warren De La Rue). Manuscripts (General): 3 letters in the Sabine Letters (to Allen Thomson and Edward Sabine).

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Grant, Robert, 1814-1892

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Studied at King's College, Aberdeen and in 1841 entered his brother's counting house in London. He began to collect material for his 'History of Physical Astronomy' (1852). He went to Paris and attended the lectures of Arago and Leverrier. His work gained him in 1856 the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. F.R.A.S., 1850, L.L. D, Aberdeen, 1855. F.R.S., 1865. He worked at the Royal Observatory (Greenwich) and in 1859 was appointed Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow and...

Royal Society (Great Britain)

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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge began in 1645 when a group of eminent British thinkers started to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. Though the English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate interrupted its meetings, the Society was formally constituted in 1660. Two years later King Charles II granted the Society its first charter. A second royal charter was granted in 1663 when the Society was given its official nam...

Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883

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Edward Sabine was born in 1788 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1803. While stationed on the Niagara frontier of Canada he began his studies into natural history, which were eventually to encompass ornithology, meteorology and the study of terrestrial magnetism. The latter study was his particular specialism and led to his attachment to the Arctic expeditions of John Ross (1777-1856) in the Isabella (1818) and Edward Parry (1790-1855) in the Hecla (1819-1820). During his long career he rose to ...

Lubbock, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1803-1865.

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Only child of Sir John William Lubbock (F. R. S. 1821). Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and was 1st Senior Optime 1825. M. A. 1833. In 1825 he joined his father's bank. He was F. R. A. S. 1828. F. R. S. 1829. Royal Medal 1834. Treasurer of Royal Society 1830-1835. He wrote on the tides and on probability. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1840 and from this time led a retired life. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1820s-1850s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...