| Reference number | EC/1851/08 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 274 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Hind, John Russell: certificate of candidature for election to the Royal Society |
| Description | First of two certificates. Note on this certificate: 'but election declared void. Re-elected on another certificate - June 4, 1863' |
| Citation | The Discoverer of The three new Planets Iris, Flora, & Victoria; of Comets, & other remarkable celestial phenomena. The Author of A Memoir on the expected return of the Great Comet of 1263 & 1556; & of numerous communications printd in Schumacher's "Astromische Nachrichten", the "Comptes Rendus", the "Memoirs" and "Months Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, respecting the Orbits of Planets, Comets, & Double Stars, with Ephemerides for facilitating the Observation, & the reduction of the same. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Astronomy. Eminent as an Astronomical Observer, & for skill as a Computer. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. J F F deRos [?]; Chas Brooke; E J Johnson.
From Personal Knowledge. J F W Herschel; G B Airy; W H Smythe; Richard Sheepshanks; George Bishop; J C Adams; J Challis; Tho Galloway; Francis Sibson; James Glaisher; Baden Powell. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Notes | Later elected a Fellow, 4 June 1863 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | see HS.9.357 |
| Related records in the catalogue | EC/1863/07 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7673 | Hind; John Russell (1823 - 1895); astronomer | 1823 - 1895 |