| Reference number | EC/1873/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 212 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Ellery, Robert Lewis John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | First Established in 1854 & since directed the Government Observatory of the Colony of Victoria & in that capacity being author of the "Melbourne Astronomical Observations (3 volumes) &c Contributed various papers, to the Royal Society London (on a new form of Electrometer) to the Royal Astronomical Society London & to the Royal Society of Victoria on Astronomical & Physical subjects -
Director of the Geodetic Survey of Victoria from its commencement in 1858 up to the present time, the operations of which have included the measurement of a bas line & complete Trigonometrical Survey of the Colony --
President of the Royal Society of Victoria |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. W J Macquorn Rankine; William Thomson; H Lloyd; J C Adams; Warren De La Rue; Wm Lassell; J Challis; Robert Main; R Grant; C Piazzi Smith, Astr Royal for Scotland; E J Lowe; Henry Holland
From Personal Knowledge. Joseph H Kay Captain RN FRS Melbourne; Baron Ferd von Mueller, CMG, MD, PhD, FRS, Director of the bot Gardens of Melbourne and Gov Botanist for Victoria; James R Napier; T R Robinson DD; B Stewart; Edward Sabine; William Huggins |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6424 | Ellery; Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908); astronomer | 1827 - 1908 |