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Reference numberEC/1830/03
Previous numbersCert VII, 279; A02331
LevelItem
TitleFarquharson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThe Rev James Farquharson, Minister of Alford, Aberdeenshire, a Gentleman well acquainted with various branches of Natural Knowledge, and author of a Paper "on the Appearance and Progress of the Aurora Borealis and its Height above the surface of the Earth", read before the Royal Society, and ordered to be printed in the Philosophical Transactions, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, - we whose names are underwritten do, from our personal Knowledge, recommend him as highly deserving of the honour he solicits and likely to prove a valuable and useful Member of the Society
ProposersWm Jackson Hooker; David Brewster; Wm Hasledine Pepys; W A Cadell; J McGrigor
Access statusOpen
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Farquharson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA5926Farquharson; James (1781 - 1843)1781 - 1843
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