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Authorised form of nameHerapath; William Bird (1820 - 1868); surgeon
Dates1820 - 1868
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBristol, Gloucestershire, England
Date of birth28 February 1820
Place of deathBristol, Gloucestershire
Date of death12 October 1868
Research fieldMedicine
Chemistry
ActivityEducation:
MD (London)
Career:
Surgeon, St Peter's Hospital, Bristol.
Memberships:
MRCS; FRSE; Microscopical Society of Bristol (President)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1859
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
According to index to BR he was listed as a defaulter on PL in 1865 and re-admitted by 1866. Precise birth date comes from DSB; index to BR gives only year.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/311772431
CodeNA7695
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1859/05Herapath, William Bird: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/3/136Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'Researches on the cinchona alkaloids' by William Bird Herapath4 July 1858
AP/40/3/3Unpublished figures, sulphate iodo-quinine and sulphate iodo-cinchonidin by William Bird Herapath1857
MC/5/311Letter from M [Michael] Faraday to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]16 February 1857
MC/7/289Letter from W [William] Bird Herapath, Toxicological & Micro-Chemical Laboratory, Old Market Street, Bristol, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society3 January 1866
MC/7/294Letter from W [William] Bird Herapath, Toxicological & Micro-Chemical Laboratory, Old Market Street, Bristol, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society14 January 1866
MC/7/290Letter from W [William] Bird Herapath, Bristol, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society and to the Council6 January 1866
MC/7/299Letter from W [William] Bird Herapath, Toxicological & Micro-Chemical Laboratory, Old Market Street, Bristol, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society27 January 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/322Letter from M Herapath, Surrey House, Brunswick Square, Bristol, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]18 February 1869
RR/3/135Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Researches on the cinchona alkaloids' by William Bird Herapath27 April 1858
RR/2/98Referee's report by Baden Powell, on a paper 'Further researches into the properties of the sulphate of lodo-quinine or Herapathite, more especially in regard to its crystallography, with additional facts concerning its optical relations' by William Bird Herapath26 April 1854
RR/3/134Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Researches on the cinchona alkaloids' by William Bird Herapath27 April 1858
AP/34/10/18Unpublished figure, 'Examined without the selenite stage but in polarised light by rotating a crystal through the whole circle of 360 degrees' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10Unpublished paper, 'Further researches into the properties of the sulphate of iodo-quinine or herapathite (Haidinger) more especially in regard to its crystallography and natural planes together with some additional facts concerning its optical relations' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/19Unpublished figures, 'Bi-sulphate of ammonia examined by polarised light' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/12Unpublished figure, crystals and polarised light by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/11Unpublished figures, crystal structures by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/7Unpublished figures, alpha and beta prisms by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/4Unpublished figures, further crystals at right angles to each other by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/5Unpublished figure, 'Rotating an alpha prism through 360 degrees in polarised light and with the red selenite stage' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/2Unpublished figures, crystal structures by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/16Unpublished figures, rectangular prisms by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/8Unpublished figures, alpha prisms by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/17Unpublished figure, 'Examined in polarised light without the selenite stage' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/10Unpublished figures, 'Diagram of striped alpha and beta prisms' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/15Unpublished figures, crystals and polarised light by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/13Unpublished figure, crystal structure by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/20Unpublished figure, rotated neutral axes of the selenite by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/36/19Letter, regarding compounds of iodine and strychnine from William Bird Herapath to George Gabriel Stokes20 June 1855
AP/38/27Letter, 'On the detection of strychnia by the formation of iodostrychnine' from William Bird Herapath to George Gabriel Stokes7 June 1856
AP/34/10/14Unpublished figure, crystal structure by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/39/7Letter, 'On the optical characters of certain alkaloids associated with quinine, and of the sulphates of their iodo-compounds' from William Bird Herapath to [George Gabriel] Stokes6 January 1856
AP/40/3/5Unpublished figures, cinchonidin and quinidin crystals by William Bird Herapath1857
AP/40/3/4Unpublished figures, 'sulphate iodo-cinchonidin as altered by dilute sulphuric or sulphurous acid' by William Bird Herapath1857
AP/40/4Unpublished appendix, 'Further notice respecting the optical and chemical characters of the iodo-sulphates of cinchona alkaloids' by William Herapath Bird14 June 1857
AP/40/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Researches on cinchona alkaloids: critical examination of the ordinary methods employed for the discrimination of the cinchona alkaloids, quinine, quinidin, quinicine, and cinchonine, cinchonidin, cinchonicine, together with the optical and chemical characters of their iodo sulphates, upon which new methods are founded' by William Bird Herapath1857
AP/40/3Unpublished paper, 'Researches on cinchona alkaloids: critical examination of the ordinary methods employed for the discrimination of the cinchona alkaloids, quinine, quinidin, quinicine, and cinchonine, cinchonidin, cinchonicine, together with the optical and chemical characters of their iodo sulphates, upon which new methods are founded' by William Bird Herapath1855-1857
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
AP/34/10/6Unpublished figure, alpha prism by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/3Unpublished figure, crystals at right angles to each other by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Further researches into the properties of the sulphate of iodo-quinine or herapathite (Haidinger) more especially in regard to its crystallography and natural planes together with some additional facts concerning its optical relations' by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
AP/34/10/9Unpublished figures, beta prisms by William Bird Herapath19 January 1854
PP/6/19Paper, 'On a remarkable phenomenon of crystalline reflection' by G G [George Gabriel] Stokes1885
RR/2/97Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Further researches into the properties of the sulphate of lodo-quinine or Herapathite, more especially in regard to its crystallography, with additional facts concerning its optical relations' by William Bird Herapath21 April 1854
HS/10/183Letter, from John Herapath to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington31 October 1848
HS/10/182Letter, from John Herapath to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington18 September 1848
MC/22/111Letter from Major E Herapath, Ravendale Hall, near Grimsby, to the Secretary of the Royal Society15 October 1907
NLB/36/358Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Major E Herapath, Ravendale Hall, near Grimsby17 October 1907
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MS/426/1001Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to W B [William Bird] Herapath4 January 1866
MS/426/1003Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to W B [William Bird] Herapath11 January 1866
MS/426/1006Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to W B [William Bird] Herapath13 January 1866
MS/426/1010Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to W B [William Bird] Herapath26 January 1866
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
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