| Reference number | EC/1857/13 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 398; A56832 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Sorby, Henry Clifton: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Author of various papers on Slaty Cleavage; on the peculiarities of stratification due to the action of currents & their application to the investigation of the Physical Geography of ancient periods; on the microscopical structure of limestones and other peculiarities of the physical & chemical constitution of rocks. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Geology. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Thos H Huxley.
From Personal Knowledge. Joseph E Portlock; Cha Lyell; Rod I Murchison; Andw C Ramsay; Leonard Horner; Charles Darwin; Robert Hunt; J Beete Jukes; D T Ansted; E W Brayley; |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA715 | Sorby; Henry Clifton (1826 - 1908) | 1826 - 1908 |