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RefNoEC/1819/11
Previous numbersCert VI, 420; A05509
LevelItem
TitlePearson, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThe Revd William Pearson LLD & MRI, Rector of South Kilworth in the County of Leicester, but residing at East Sheen, in the County of Surrey, a Gentleman well versed in various branches of natural knowledge, and more particularly Astronomy and the application of science to the mechanical arts, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, we whose names are hereunto subscribed, do, on our personal knowledge, recommend him as deserving of that honour and as likely to become a valuable and useful member.
ProposersJ Pond; Edw Troughton; Charles Hatchett; Thomas Harrison; John Barrow; Charles Parr Burney; Wilson Lowry; S Groombridge
AccessStatusOpen
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Pearson, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society

Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6517Pearson; William (1767 - 1847)1767 - 1847
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