Authorised form of name | Salisbury; Richard Anthony (1761 - 1829) |
Dates | 1761 - 1829 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: Edinburgh University Career: Met Sir James Edward Smith (FRS 1785) at university; changed his name as the condition for receiving £10,000 from Miss Anna Salisbury in order to study botany; bought Ridgeway House, Mill Hill, formerly owned by Peter Collinson (FRS 1728)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 15/03/1787 |
Relationships | Son of Richard Markham |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: Note on election certificate: Retired 1826. |
Code | NA2744 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1786/28 | Salisbury, Richard Anthony: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MS/682/29 | Letter from Richard Anthony Salisbury, Chapel, Alleston, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, Westminster Bridge, London | 2 August 1789 |
MS/682/30 | Letter from Richard Anthony Salisbury, Chapel, Alleston, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, Lambeth, London | 1 March 1791 |