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Authorised form of name	Dollond; George (1774 - 1852)
Dates	1774 - 1852
Nationality	British
Place of birth	London, England
Date of birth	25 January 1774
Place of death	His residence in Camberwell, London
Date of death	13 May 1852
Activity	Career: Optician
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	23/12/1819
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: M Croarken, 'Astronomical labourers: Maskelyne's assistants at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1765 - 1811' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 285 - 298 W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/77098772
Code	NA3716

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
PT/15/9/2	Plate, two views of the micrometer's eye tube by unknown artist	[1821]
DM/3/158	Dollond, 'Report on Mr Barlow's Telescope'	24 March 1831
IM/001184	Dollond, George	nd
MC/1/309	Letter from Peter Barlow to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society	2 June 1831
MC/2/230	Letter from George Dollond to John George Children, [Secretary of the Royal Society]	31 October 1836
EC/1819/23	Dollond, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DM/3/53	Minutes of meetings of the Optical Glass Committee	November 1828
NLB/9/498	Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alfred W Dollond, Huntley Villa, Nether Street, North Finchley	29 May 1894
RR/1/192	Referee's report by George Dollond, on a paper 'On the construction and use of single achromatic eye-pieces, and their superiority to the double eye-piece of Huyghens' by Joseph Bancroft Reade	[1840]
S/0008	Sculpture bust of Dollond, George
MC/1/136	Letter from Edward Troughton, Fleet Street, to the Royal Society	23 November 1825
MC/1/138	Letter from James South, 6 Compton Terrace, Islington, to [Sir Humphry Davy], President of the Royal Society	24 November 1825
PT/15/9/1	Manuscript, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond	[1821]
PT/15/9	Paper, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond	[1821]
MC/2	Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1832-1838
MC/2/59	Letter from [Peter] Barlow to George Dollond, St. Paul's Churchyard	22 October 1832
MC/3	Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1839-1843
MC/3/222	Letter from George Dollond, St Paul's Church Yard, to the [Marquis of Northampton] President of the Royal Society and to the Council	6 June 1842
MC/3/308	Letter from George Dollond, St Paul's Churchyard, to Sir John [William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]	3 November 1843
MC/1	Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1800-1831
AP/11/11	Unpublished letter, 'A short account of some appearances in the moon on the 24th April, 1822' from Henry Lawson to George Dollond	25 April 1822
MC/17	Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1897-1899
HS/6/497	Letter, from George Dollond to Sir John Herschel, dated at London	21 November 1820
HS/6/498	Letter, from George Dollond to Sir John Herschel, dated at London	31 March 1824

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