| Authorised form of name | Turner; Dawson (1775 - 1858) |
| Dates | 1775 - 1858 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 40 Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 18 October 1775 |
| Place of death | Old Brompton, London |
| Date of death | 20 June 1858 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Brompton cemetery, London |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Research field | Botany |
| Antiquarianism |
| Activity | Education:
North Walsham Grammar School, Norfolk; Pembroke College, Cambridge (left without degree)
Career:
Joined his father's bank (1796); interested in cryptograms and antiquities; his botanical collections went to Kew
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/12/1802 |
| Relationships | Son of James Turner, head of the Yarmouth Bank; father-in-law of Sir William Jackson Hooker (FRS 1812) and of Sir Francis Palgrave (FRS 1821); grandfather of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (FRS 1847) and of Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (FRS 1882) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Gudrun Richardson, 'A Norfolk Network within the Royal Society' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 27-39, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/7560460 |
| Code | NA2805 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1802/07 | Turner, Dawson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004668 | Turner, Dawson | nd |
| IM/004667 | Turner, Dawson | nd |
| NLB/24/294 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Shelford Bidwell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 April 1902 |
| MS/682/35 | Letter from Dawson Turner, Yarmouth, to James De Carle Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, London | 16 November 1822 |
| IM/004669 | Turner, Dawson | 2002 |
| MC/1/258 | Letter from [Rev. Henry Bellenden], Lincoln's Inn, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society, Bernard Street, Russell Square | 12 November 1830 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| AP/16/14 | Unpublished paper, 'Some remarks on the internal structure of the platypus anatinus (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, Blum.)' by Richard Griffin | 1831 |