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Authorised form of nameSheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855)
Dates1794 - 1855
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeeds, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth30 July 1794
Place of deathReading, Berkshire
Date of death04 or 07 August 1855
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/04/1830
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1854-1855 vol 7 pp 612-615
References:
A W Skempton and Joyce Brown, 'John and Edward Troughton, Mathematical Instrument Makers' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 233-262
Notes:
DNB gives death date as 04 August 1855
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/18004331
CodeNA5536
Archives associated with this Fellow
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DM/3/144Report of a subcomittee to the Pendulum Committee, on a site for a pendulum observatory1829
RR/1/56Referee's report by Francis Baily and Richard Sheepshanks, on a unnamed paper by Demouville25 July 1833
MM/10/7A satirical poster holding up to scorn some contemporary astronomers - notably G B Airy and Richard Sheepshanks1843
MM/13/84Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee11 December 1832
MM/13/85Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 20 December 1832
CMP/1/1Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society1 December 1832
EC/1830/21Sheepshanks, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/13/88Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 29 January 1833
MM/13/87Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 22 January 1833
MM/13/86Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 15 January 1833
CMP/1/2Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society13 December 1832
MC/2/305Letter from Richard Sheepshanks to the Council of the Royal Society12 November 1838
MC/3/176Letter from Henry Raper, Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society22 June 1841
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/58Letter from Richard Sheepshanks, 30 Woburn Place, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society22 October 1832
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/287Letter from Colonel Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society]25 May 1843
MC/3/289Letter from Richard Sheepshanks to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society] c. May 1843
MC/5/211Letter from G B [George Biddell] Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], Somerset House14 September 1855
MC/5/213Letter from G B [George Biddell] Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Walter White, Royal Society, Somerset House18 September 1855
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MC/6/131Letter from Warren de la Rue, Royal Astronomical Society, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society15 April 1861
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
RR/1/8Referee's report by Francis Baily and Richard Sheepshanks, on a paper 'An account of the construction of a fluid lens refracting telescope of eight inches aperture, and eight feet and three quarters length, made for the Royal Society by George Dollond, Esq. F. R. S' by Peter Barlow 29 January 1833
HS/16/127Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1846 or later
HS/16/123Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/16/137Incomplete letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/16/100Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks31 March 1850
HS/16/138Incomplete letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1847 or later
HS/16/126Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1844 or later
HS/16/99Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1850-3
HS/16/124Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1841
HS/16/36Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1844
HS/16/121Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.9 January 1852
HS/16/106Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.29 March 1851
HS/16/43Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood7 January 1846
HS/16/94Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood17 January 1849
HS/16/132Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeumn.d.
HS/16/140Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1849-9-7 or later
HS/16/104Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood1850-3-30 or earlie
HS/16/119Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading25 May 1852
HS/16/103Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood25 April 1850
HS/16/135Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Readingn.d.
HS/16/134Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum1843 or later
HS/25/9/79Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanksn.d.
HS/16/125Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1842 or later
HS/16/66Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Taplow Lodge near Maidenhead22 May 1847
HS/16/63Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [37 Tavistock Place]1847-5-6 or earlier
HS/16/68Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood28 June 1847
HS/23/5Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood19 January 1848
HS/16/15Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel24 June 1841
HS/16/22Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 14 London Road, Reading10 January 1846
HS/16/18Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel2 June 1842
HS/16/65Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 37 Tavistock Place8? May 1847
HS/16/95Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood20 January 1849
HS/16/111Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum5 December 1851
HS/16/21Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading17 October 1842
HS/16/37Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1844
HS/16/10Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks25 February 1840
HS/16/34Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1844
HS/16/53Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood25 December 1846
HS/16/35Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1844
HS/16/25Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 14 London Road, Reading14 October 1844
HS/16/97Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood9 March 1849
HS/16/113Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Astronomical Society9 December 1851
HS/16/27Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading25 October 1844
HS/16/44Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood12 January 1846
HS/16/24Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood12 October 1844
HS/16/62Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1847-2-12 or late
HS/16/5Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough29 April 1839
HS/16/120Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.5 November 1852
HS/16/47Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks11 April 1846
HS/16/86Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood17 February 1848
HS/16/23Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood2 October 1844
HS/16/46Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood26 March 1846
HS/16/30Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood21 November 1844
HS/16/101Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood7 April 1850
HS/16/1Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place1830
HS/16/96Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading4 March 1849
HS/16/130Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1844-9-12 or later
HS/16/128Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College, Cambridge1844 or later-9-12
HS/16/102Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood23 April 1850
HS/16/115Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading18 January 1852
HS/16/133Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 14 London Road, Reading1844-9-12 or earlier
HS/16/129Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum25 December 1847?
HS/16/39Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks7 March 1845
HS/16/114Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.16 January 1852
HS/16/117Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum14 May 1852
HS/16/60Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks11 February 1847
HS/16/70Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum5 July 1847
HS/16/76Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood23 November 1847
HS/16/107Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.5 November 1851
HS/16/81Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood30 December 1847
HS/16/38Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading24 February 1845
HS/16/41Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum22 April 1845
HS/16/85Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood8 February 1848
HS/16/69Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading29 June 1847
HS/16/54Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood26 December 1846
HS/16/55Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel26 December 1846
HS/16/87Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood6 March 1848
HS/16/89Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood20 October 1848
HS/16/98Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading7 September 1849
HS/16/90Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks16 May 1848
HS/16/105Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Collingwood]1850
HS/16/71Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood1? July 1847
HS/16/88Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Collingwood]27? March 1848
HS/16/112Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [32 Harley St.]7 December 1851
HS/16/118Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.19 May 1852
HS/16/131Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading1846
HS/16/109Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to [Sir John Herschel], dated at Royal Astronomical Society, Somerset House5 December 1851
HS/16/9Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel1839-4
HS/16/82Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood11 January 1848
HS/16/67Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Anstey Cottage near Alton26 May 1847
HS/16/51Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood22 December 1846
HS/16/110Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum5 December 1851
HS/16/26Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood19 October 1844
HS/16/8Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough14 July 1839
HS/16/42Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood14 September 1845
HS/16/92Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at R.A.S.13 January 1849
HS/16/64Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 37 Tavistock Place6 May 1847
HS/16/52Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood25 December 1846
HS/16/93Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Astronomical Society15 January 1849
HS/16/16Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood25 June 1841
HS/16/11Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College27 February 1840
HS/16/6Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place18 May 1839
HS/16/32Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum23 November 1844
HS/16/77Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading26 November 1847
HS/16/74Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading21 October 1847
HS/16/59Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood8 February 1847
HS/16/7Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel14 July 1839
HS/16/108Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading6 November 1851
HS/16/73Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood13 October 1847
HS/16/79Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading1 December 1847
HS/16/14Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough1840-4
HS/16/28Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading15 November 1844
HS/19/294Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at London25 February 1845
HS/25/1/11Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough27 October 1830
HS/25/9/76Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at 32 Harley St.9 January 1853
HS/25/9/12Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood1844
HS/16/139Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanksn.d.
HS/25/9/68Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood1850-4-24 or earlie
HS/25/15/11Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks12 January 1842
HS/16/136Incomplete letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/16/57Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood14 January 1847
HS/16/84Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood3 February 1848
HS/16/4Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen]24 October 1835
HS/16/116Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood15 March 1850
HS/16/56Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum8 January 1847
HS/16/33Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks1845-4-22 or later
HS/16/80Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at R.A.S.4 December 1847
HS/16/12Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks2 March 1840
HS/16/13Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place2 March 1840
HS/16/17Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place26 June 1841
HS/16/20Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading13 October 1842
HS/16/40Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading12 March 1845
HS/16/45Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood19 January 1846
HS/16/75Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading20 November 1847
HS/16/78Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood29 November 1847
HS/16/83Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood19 January 1848
HS/16/2Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place7 January 1833
HS/16/3Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place22 July 1835
HS/16/19Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at R.A.S.27 September 1842
HS/16/29Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks17 November 1844
HS/16/48Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood3 December 1846
HS/16/49Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood17 December 1846
HS/16/50Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood17 December 1846
HS/16/58Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood7 February 1847
HS/16/72Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Collingwood]1? July 1847
HS/16/91Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading4 January 1849
HS/25/9Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Richard Sheepshanks, from October 1835 to 25 April 18601873
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