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Reference numberEC/1830/21
Previous numbersCert VII, 297; A57033
LevelItem
TitleSheepshanks, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThe Reverend Richard Sheepshanks Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge a gentleman well versed in various branches of mathematics and natural philosophy, and particularly conversant with the science of astronomy, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society we whose names are hereunto subscribed do, from personal knowledge, recommend him as a proper person for that honor, and as likely to be a useful and valuable member of the society
ProposersW Whewell; John William Lubbock; Henry Kater; F Beaufort; S H Christie; W H Smyth; J F W Herschel; A Sedgwick; Rod I Murchison; H Coddington; John Caley
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Sheepshanks, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA5536Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855)1794 - 1855
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