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RefNoEC/1868/16
Previous numbersCert X, 136
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TitleOmmanney, Sir Erasmus: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationErasmus Ommanney. Distinguished for his services in the Rl Navy - including voyages of Discovery in the Arctic Regions; - Discoverer of Prince of Wales Land and other places, when searching after Sir John Franklin, in which search he made unprecedented long sledge journeys from ships, and discovered the first traces ever found of the Franklin Expedition in 1850 -
Has been the contributor of Magnetic observations, Hydrographical, Meteorological notices and papers on Arctic Regions, the White Sea, and other of the Globe.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. G B Airy; Wm Fergusson; B Stewart; Henry Holland.
From Personal Knowledge. Geo Back; Rod I Murchison; Warren De La Rue; Geo Busk; Richard Owen; Andrew Scott Waugh; J Crawfurd; Rich Westmacott; Charles V Walker; T H Huxley; Andw C Ramsay; Caesar H Hawkins; James Barrow; James Paget; Wm H Hall; R W Mylne; Warington W Smyth; Geo Henry Richards; Fredk Jno Evans; T Spratt; John Denham
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Ommanney, Sir Erasmus: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA6340Ommanney; Sir; Erasmus (1814 - 1904)1814 - 1904
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