| Authorised form of name | Latham; Robert Gordon (1812 - 1888) |
| Dates | 1812 - 1888 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Date of birth | 24 March 1812 |
| Place of death | Putney, London |
| Date of death | 09 March 1888 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Ethnology |
| Activity | Education:
Eton; King's College, Cambridge. BA (1832); MD (London)
Career:
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; studied in Hamburg, Copenhagen and Christiana; Professor of English language and literature, University of London (1839); published 'The English Language' (1841); Lecturer on Forensic medicine and Materia medica, Middlesex Hospital; Assistant Physician, Middlesex Hospital; resigned from his appointments to concentrate on ethnology; published on ethnology; revised Johnson's dictionary; was granted a civil pension of £100 per annum
Memberships:
LRCP (1842); American Ethnology Society (Honorary Member)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1848 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA7663 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/426/346 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Robert Gordon] Latham | 17 November 1848 |
| IM/Maull/002641 | Latham, Robert Gordon | nd |
| MS/426/531 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Robert Gordon] Lantham | 28 October 1854 |
| EC/1848/09 | Latham, Robert Gordon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |