| RefNo | EC/1870/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 200 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Osborn, Sherard: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Distinguished by his Naval Services in all quarters of the Globe, particularly in the Arctic regions and the Search after Franklin during the years 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 & 1854; by his successful operations in the Sea of Azoff when in command of an advanced Squadron; by his conduct in China & Japan, when in conveying the British Ambassador (Earl of Elgin) he placed the Capital of Japan under the guns of a ship of war; by his ascent of the great river Yang-tse-Kiang for 350 miles and during a civil war (a feat never before accomplished by Europeans; and lastly by his services in the North Atlantic, Mexico, &c. Author of "Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal", "Quedah, or Journal in Malayia", "The Discovery of the North West Passage", "Japanese Fragments", "The Light on the Peiko"; & several Articles on Naval Science, such as "Our Iron Clad Navy", "Turret Ships" &c &c. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Lionel S Beale; G B Airy; Charles Babbage.
From Personal Knowledge. Rod I Murchison; Geo Back; J F Burgoyne; Wm Fairbairn; John Lubbock; Geo Henry Richards; Eras Ommanney; Fredk Jno Evans; Andrew Scott Waugh; Francis Galton; C F A Shadwell; J Crawfurd; Spencer H Walpole; Joseph Whitworth; J Emerson Tennent; Wm Fergusson; John Tyndall; E W Cooke; T Spratt; Thos Sopwith |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6140 | Osborn; Sherard (1822 - 1875) | 1822 - 1875 |