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Authorised form of nameHall; Basil (1788 - 1844); naval officer and author
Dates1788 - 1844
NationalityBritish
Place of birth George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth31 December 1788
Place of deathHaslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Date of death11 September 1844
Occupationnaval officer and author
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh high school;
Career:
Entered the Royal Navy (1802); accompanied William Pitt Amherst's embassy to China (1816-1817); visited Napoleon on St Helena (1817?); served on the west coast of America; visited the Galapagos Islands and took pendulum observations; retired from the Navy and devoted his time to travel and science; died insane.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/03/1816
Age at election28
ProposerJohn Pond; John Barrow; William Henry Fitton; William Smith; Alexander John Gaspard Marcet; James Horsburgh; Edward Troughton; Charles Morton
RelationshipsParents: James Hall (FRS 1806)
Siblings: Sir John Hall (FRS 1820)
Spouse: Margaret daughter of Sir John Hunter, Consul General in Spain (1825)
PublishedWorksRCN 42687
RCN 42689
RCN 42690
RCN 43515
RCN 42692
RCN 42691
RCN 42688
RCN 42693
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 526-527
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/5019799
CodeNA3408
Archives associated with this Fellow
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NLB/57/349Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to WS Hoeseason, Esq, 13 Digby Mansions, Hammersmith Bridge, W 624 October 1919
EC/1815/36Hall, Basil: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
PT/16/22Letter, 'Communicating the details of experiments made with an invariable pendulum, at various places on the South American station' by Captain Basil Hall to Captain [Henry] Kater23 February 1823
MS/257/2/232Letter from Basil Hall, Portsmouth to Edward Sabine30 July 1838
MS/257/2/235Letter from Basil Hall, Welbeck Street to Edward Sabine[c.1820]
MS/257/2/231Letter from Basil Hall, Edinburgh to Edward Sabine7 July 1829
MS/257/2/234Letter from Basil Hall, Portsmouth to Edward Sabine19th century
MS/257/2/233Letter from Basil Hall, Portsmouth to [James Clark] Ross6 August 1839
HS/9/177Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Malta28 May 1834
HS/9/180Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin8 July 1835
HS/9/168Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Slough9 June 1831
HS/9/194Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/9/167Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Putney Heath3 June 1831
HS/9/193aIncomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/9/188Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh18 April 1837
HS/9/175Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum14 January 1833
HS/9/496Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London23 April 1833
HS/9/169Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at 4 St. James's Place15 December 1831
HS/9/191Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Streatham8 January 1840
HS/9/183Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris22 May 1836
HS/9/170Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth22 July 1832
HS/9/164Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh7 February 1829
HS/9/186Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh16 February 1837
HS/9/179Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Feistritz near Graz24 April 1835
HS/9/178Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Heinfeld near Graz29 December 1834
HS/9/181Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at London11 October 1835
HS/9/182Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris11 March 1836
HS/9/197Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/9/172Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Slough16 September 1832
HS/9/176Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. James's St.24 April 1833
HS/9/163Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at 128 George St., Edinburgh23 January 1824
HS/9/189Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Galashiels13 December 1837
HS/9/165Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris12 February 1830
HS/9/162Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at HMS Conway, Valparaiso19 May 1821
HS/9/196Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Margaret Brodie Herscheln.d.
HS/9/193Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth9 November 1840
HS/9/184Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at 71 Harley St.21 July 1836
HS/9/187Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh8 April 1837
HS/9/195Incomplete letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/9/282Letter, from Thomas Henderson to Basil Hall, dated at Edinburgh17 March 1827
HS/9/174Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Slough10 October 1832
HS/19/222Instructions on use of sextant, by Basil Hall24 April 1833
HS/25/4/6Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Feldhausen24 December 1834
HS/9/192Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth3 November 1840
HS/9/497Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London26 April 1833
HS/9/185Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh20 November 1836
HS/9/171Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth3 September 1832
HS/9/173Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portsmouth6 October 1832
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