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Authorised form of nameWelsh; John (1824 - 1859)
Dates1824 - 1859
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBoreland, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Date of birth27 September 1824
Place of deathFalmouth, Cornwall
Date of death11 May 1859
Research fieldMeteorology
ActivityCareer:
Superintendent of the Kew Observatory of the British Association
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1857
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
AssocMaterial:
CSAC 31/8/75. Papers deposited in Cambridge University Library
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1859-1860 vol 10 pp xxxiv-xxxviii
Notes:
Leonard Horner has signed certificate twice
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/42612818
CodeNA1680
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MS/710/116Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodlane Terrace, to Robert Were Foxnd
MS/257/5/58Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 June 1856
MS/257/5/65Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 February 1857
RR/3/278Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Account of the construction of a standard barometer, and description of the apparatus and processes employed in the verification of barometers at the Kew Observatory' by John Welsh21 June 1856
EC/1857/14Welsh, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/47/2/2Plate, 'Meteorological observations in the balloon ascent of August 17 1852' by John Welsh[1852]
MS/257/5/70Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]6 May 1857
MS/119/1/137Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]24 March 1857
PT/47/2/1Manuscript, 'An account of meteorological observations in four balloon ascents made under the direction of the Kew Observatory Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science' by John Welsh[1853]
PT/47/2/3Plate, 'Meteorological observations in the balloon ascent of August 26 1852' by John Welsh[1852]
PT/47/2/4Plate, 'Meteorological observations in the balloon ascent of October 21 1852' by John Welsh[1852]
PT/47/2/5Plate, 'Meteorological observations in the balloon ascent of November 10 1852' by John Welsh[1852]
MS/257/4/69Copy of a letter from [John] Welsh, Kew Observatory to [John Peter] Gassiot22 October 1856
MS/257/5/82Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine9 March 1858
MS/257/5/57Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 January 1856
MS/257/5/63Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine23 January 1857
MS/257/5/67Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to W H Jones6 March 1857
MS/257/5/54Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 November 1854
MS/257/5/55Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 December 1854
MS/257/5/56Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine31 March 1855
MS/257/5/86Letter from John Welsh to Edward Sabine6 December 1858
MS/257/5/59Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine4 November 1856
MS/257/5/64Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine16 February 1857
MS/257/5/62Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine20 January 1857
MS/257/5/69Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]18 March 1857
MS/257/5/97Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine25 April 1859
MS/257/5/72Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine26 May 1857
MS/257/5/74Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine23 August 1857
MS/257/5/73Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine29 May 1857
MS/257/5/79Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 January 1858
MS/257/5/80Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine19 February 1858
MS/257/5/77Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 November 1857
MS/257/5/78Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine7 December 1857
MS/257/5/76Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine22 October 1857
MS/257/5/83Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine10 March 1858
MS/257/5/92Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine31 January 1859
MS/257/5/68Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]11 March 1857
MS/257/5/90Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine11 January 1859
MS/257/5/89Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine27 December 1858
MS/257/5/98Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine4 March [1800s]
MS/257/5/66Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine24 February 1857
MS/257/5/81Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine2 March 1858
MS/257/5/95Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine10 March 1859
AP/33/28Paper, 'Report of the general process adopted in calibrating and comparing the standard meteorological instruments for Kew Observatory [London]' by John Welsh22 March 1852
AP/33/29Paper, 'On the graduation of the thermometers supplied from the Kew Observatory [London] for the use of the Arctic searching expedition under Sir Edward Belcher' by John Welsh21 April 1852
MS/257/5/71Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine12 May 1857
MS/257/5/96Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine19 March 1859
MS/257/5/94Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine19 February 1859
MS/257/5/91Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine18 January 1859
MS/257/5/60Letter from John Welsh, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine3 January 1857
MS/257/5/85Letter from John Welsh, 19 St John's Grove, Richmond to Edward Sabine11 November 1858
MS/257/5/84Letter from John Welsh, Edinburgh to [Edward Sabine]27 September 1858
MS/257/5/75Letter from John Welsh, Inverness to Edward Sabine12 September 1857
MS/257/5/87Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine6 December 1858
MS/257/5/93Letter from John Welsh, 3 Woodland Terrace, Falmouth to Edward Sabine7 February 1859
PT/47/2Paper, 'An account of meteorological observations in four balloon ascents made under the direction of the Kew Observatory Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science' by John Welsh[1853]
PT/53/5Paper, 'Account of the construction of a standard barometer and description of the apparatus and processes employed in the verification of barometers at the Kew Observatory' by John Welsh22 May 1856
HS/10/411Letter, from William Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College2 October 1832
HS/10/414Letter, from William Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College3 May 1833
HS/10/412Letter, from William Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College20 November 1832
HS/21/128Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Jones, dated at Slough15 January 1833
HS/18/139Letter, from John Welsh to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kew Observatory, Richmond15 July 1856
HS/18/141Letter, from John Welsh to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kew Observatory, Richmond1 May 1857
HS/18/140Letter, from John Welsh to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kew Observatory, Richmond13 April 1857
HS/10/413Letter, from William Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College1 January 1833
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