| Authorised form of name | Harcourt; William Venables Vernon (1789 - 1871) |
| Other forms of name | William Venables |
| Other forms of surname | Vernon |
| Dates | 1789 - 1871 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sudbury, Derbyshire, England |
| Date of birth | June 1789 |
| Date of death | 01 April 1871 |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church College, Oxford. BA (1811), MA (1811)
Career:
Entered the Royal Navy and served on the West Indian Station (for 5 years); became interested in science while at Oxford; conducted chemical analyses in his own laboratory; one of the founders of the British Association; Canon of York (1824); Rector of Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1824)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/04/1824 |
| Relationships | Fourth son of Edward Venables Vernon-Harcourt, Archibishop of York; married (1824) Mary, daughter of Col William Gooch; changed his name to Harcourt (c 1830); father of Sir William Vernon Harcourt (FRS 1881); inhereited the Nuneham-Courtenay estate on the death of his elder brother, George Granville-Harcourt (1861) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xiii-xvii signed by J P |
| Code | NA5486 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1824/05 | Harcourt, William Venables Vernon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/426/152 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Rev W V [William Venables Vernon] Harcourt | 28 October 1845 |
| MS/743/1/176 | Letter from William Vernon Harcourt, Nuneham Park, Abingdon, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 19 November [no year] |