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RefNoEC/1829/05
Previous numbersCert VII, 254; A02477
LevelItem
TitleForbes, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationJohn Forbes, MD of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Member of the Philosophical Society of Cambridge, Honorary Member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, &c, Senior Physician of the Chichester Infirmary; Author of "Essays on the Climate and Geology of the West of Cornwall & on the Temperature of Mines" - "Original Cases and Dissections illustrating the use of the Stethoscope and Perception in the Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Chest" &c &c being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society;-
We do, of our personal knowledge, recommend him as [de]serving of that honor and as likely to prove a useful and valuable member
ProposersSelsey; J A Paris; J McGrigor; Geo Tho Staunton; John Willm Mackie; Chas Konig; John Hawkins; E W W Pendarves; Charles Daubeny; Adam Sedgwick; Benjn Travers
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Forbes, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA3017Forbes; Sir; John (1787 - 1861)1787 - 1861
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