RefNoEC/1845/08
Previous numbersCert IX, 141; A56053
LevelItem
TitleWashington, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThe Author of several valuable geographic papers. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Nautical Surveying & Astronomy One of the Commissioners for the improvement of the harbours of the United Kingdom; and late Secretary to the Royal Geographic Society of London
ProposersFrom General knowledge. Geo Peacock
From Personal Knowledge. G Cockburn; William Richard Hamilton; John Barrow; Wm Edward Parry; F Beaufort; Rod I Murchison; J Burnett; John Gould; Thomas Best Jervis; John Lee; W H Smyth; George Rennie; James Clark; W Burnett; G R Porter
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Washington, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA7636Washington; John (? 1800 - 1863)? 1800 - 1863
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