| Authorised form of name | Royston-Pigott; George West (? 1817 - 1889) |
| Other forms of name | George West Royston- |
| Other forms of surname | Pigott |
| Dates | ? 1817 - 1889 |
| Date of birth | 01 May 1817 or 1819 |
| Place of death | Annandale Grange Gardens, Eastbourne |
| Date of death | 14 September 1889 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
St John's College, Cambridge (for 3 terms); Peterhouse, Cambridge. BA (1841), MA (1844). Studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, and at University College, London. MD (1851, Cambridge)
Career:
Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1841-1860); Physician at Harrogate, then at Halifax; improved scientific instruments
Memberships:
MRCP (1860); FCPS; FRAS (1869); MRCP (Retired Physician)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Relationships | Youngest son of Rev Solomon Piggot, rector of Dunstable; added the name of Royston by Queen's license (1860) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Possible birth date of 1819 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/123424422 |
| Code | NA5544 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1873/13 | Royston-Pigott, George West: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/697 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Son | 18 September 1889 |
| NLB/7/832 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Reverend G E Watts, Kensworth Vicarage, Dunstable | 5 May 1893 |
| RR/8/202 | Letter from George West Royston-Pigott, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 4 November 1879 |
| RR/8/203 | Second letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to George West Royston-Pigott, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 7 November 1879 |
| RR/7/62 | Letter from William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On a searcher for aplanatic images applied to microscopes, and its effects in increasing power and improving definition' by George Royston Pigott to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 June 1870 |
| RR/7/63 | Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On a searcher for aplanatic images applied to microscopes, and its effects in increasing power and improving definition' by George Royston Pigott | 5 August 1870 |
| RR/8/199 | Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 4 July 1879 |
| MC/9/179 | Letter from J F Payne, 50 Green Street, Grosvenor Square, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 15 March 1871 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/12/114 | Letter from G W [George West] Royston Pigott, Annandale, Eastbourne, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 10 November 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| RR/8/200 | Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 14 July 1879 |
| RR/8/201 | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to George West Royston-Pigott, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 31 October 1879 |
| RR/7/61 | Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'On a searcher for aplanatic images applied to microscopes, and its effects in increasing power and improving definition' by George Royston Pigott | 27 May 1870 |
| RR/8/254 | Second referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 23 July 1880 |
| RR/8/255 | Second referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott | 5 August 1880 |
| HS/14/506 | Letter, from G. W. Royston-Pigott to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lansdowne Crescent | 1870. |
| HS/14/507 | Letter, from G. W. Royston-Pigott to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lansdowne Crescent | 12 December 1870 |