| RefNo | EC/1865/07 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 75 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Gray, George Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Distinguished for his acquaintance with the Science of Zoology, and especially with Ornithology and Entomology. Author of "The Genera of Birds," 3 vols imperial 4to; of a "List of the Genera of Birds," 3 Editions; of Lists of Birds of various Countries and of different Orders and Families; of the Ornithological Appendix to the "Voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror"; of a "List of Lepidopterous Insects of the Family Papilionidae," with descriptions and figures of new species; of a "Monograph of the Genus Phasma", 4to; and of numerous Papers on Ornithological and Entomological subjects in various scientific Journals and Proceedings of Societies. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. John Bowring; George Gulliver; E W Brayley
From Personal Knowledge. John Edward Gray; Thomas Bell; Thos Rymer Jones; John J Bennett; Richard Partridge; John Gould; Francis Galton; H Falconer; W Cureton; John Richardson; E W Cooke; Wm Jardine; John Miers; P L Sclater; Henry Ellis; Geo Busk; Robert Hudson; C C Babington; W Wilson Saunders; W H Flower; T H Huxley; George Bentham; Thos Sopwith |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1380 | Gray; George Robert (1808 - 1872) | 1808 - 1872 |