| Reference number | EC/1822/25 |
| Previous numbers | Cert VII, 95; A02546 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Franklin, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Captain John Franklin of the Royal Navy a gentleman well versed in various branches of Natural Philosophy & ardently desirous of pursuing those - Geographical & Hydrographical discoveries for which this Country, has been long celebrated and who has evinced his zeal for science by two expeditions to the North polar Regions, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society we whose names are hereto subscribed do on our personal knowledge recommend him as deserving of that honor & likely to prove a valuable & useful member |
| Proposers | Wm H Wollaston; Dan Moore; Thos Colby; Charles Babbage; Henry Kater; James Horsburgh; Edw Troughton; Alex McLeay; Edward Forster; Joseph Sabine; [deliberately obscured]; Macclesfield; Frans Beaufort; W G Maton; J Deas Thomson; Edward Sabine; Benjamin Hobhouse; Benjn Hobhouse; J Pond; Robert Brown; Chas Konig; Henry Browne inkw |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7486 | Franklin; Sir; John (1786 - 1847) | 1786 - 1847 |