| Authorised form of name | Guthrie; Matthew (- 1807) |
| Dates | - 1807 |
| Date of death | 07 August 1807 |
| Activity | Career:
Physician to the Imperial Corps of Noble Cadets (from 1784); experimented on the freezing of mercury (1784); ennobled by the Tzar
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/04/1782 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/32345798 |
| Code | NA1806 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1782/02 | Guthrie, Matthew: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/8/68 | Letter, 'Of the congelation of quicksilver at St Petersburg 23 January 1783' from Mathew Guthrie to Richard Kirwin | 23 January 1784 |
| L&P/10/120 | Letter, 'New volcano on the island of Taman, in the Cimmerian Bosphorus' from Mathew Guthrie to unknown recipient | 28 January 1795 |
| L&P/7/38 | Paper, 'On the antiseptic regimen of the natives of Russia' by Mathew Guthrie | 1778 |
| L&P/7/256 | Letter, 'Education of female nobility in Russia' from Mathew Guthrie to John Howard | 12 October 1781 |
| MM/7/60 | Copy of letter from Matthew Guthrie, 'Instruction for the Geographical and Astronomical Voyage of Joseph Billings' | 25 June 1787 |
| AP/5/17 | Unpublished paper, 'Experiments made with a view to determine the point of congelation of purefied mercury and whether it freezes with a less degree of cold in proportion to its impurity' by Mathew [Matthew] Guthrie | [1785] |
| L&P/7/93 | Letter, 'Of the plan to recover people in Russia apprently deprived of life by the burning of charcoal' from Mathew Guthrie to Joseph Priestley | 12 October 1778 |