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RefNoEC/1825/24
Previous numbersCert VII, 167; A01998
LevelItem
TitleDonkin, Sir Rufane Shaw: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationLieutenant General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin KCB, late Acting Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, a gentleman well versed in various branches of natural Knowledge and in general literature, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of this Society, We, whose names are hereunto subscribed do, from our personal Knowledge, recommend him as [d]eserving that honor, and as likely to become [a] valuable and useful member
ProposersG Clerk; John Barrow; George Murray; Tho Murdoch; W Somerville; E Goodenough; J McGrigor; A B Granville; Wm Tooke; Fred B Watson; Mansfield; John Ayrton Paris
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Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA4330Donkin; Sir; Rufane Shaw (? 1772 - 1841)? 1772 - 1841
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