| RefNo | EC/1863/07 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 39 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Hind, John Russell: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Second of two certificates for this Fellow; first election declared void |
| Citation | Discoverer of the ten planets, Iris, Flora, Victoria, Irene, Melpomene, Fortuna, Calliope, Thalia, Euterpe and Urania, besides Comets and Variable Stars -- Has made numerous contributions to practical Astronomy, for which, and for his discoveries, he was awarded a Royal Medal in 1855. - Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Astronomy - Eminent as an Astronomical Observer, and for skill as a Computer. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. A Cayley; J H Gladstone; B Stewart; Thos Sopwith; Chas Brooke; C Babbage
From Personal Knowledge. J F W Herschel; G B Airy; W H Smyth; J C Adams; J Challis; R Main; Francis Sibson; R C Carrington; J B Reade; E W Brayley; John Washington; Charles V Walker; |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | EC/1851/08 |
| RelatedRecord | EC/1851/08 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7673 | Hind; John Russell (1823 - 1895); astronomer | 1823 - 1895 |