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RefNoEC/1835/07
Previous numbersCert VIII, 141; A01038
LevelItem
TitleBurnes, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationJames Burnes AM, MD of the Bombay Medica[l] Service, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and Member of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; a gentleman well acquainted with various departments of Natural Science, and Author of two works ("a Visit to the Court of Sinde [Sind]" and "Sketch of the History of Cutch [Kachchh]") printed at the expense, and under the Authority of the Government of India: - being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, we whose names are underwritten, do, from our personal knowledge, recommend him as highly deserving of that honor, and likely to prove a valuable and useful Member
ProposersAlex Burnes; W H Sykes Lt Colonel; Revd F W Hope; Charles Lyell; Rod I Murchison; F Beaufort; W Burnett; Wm Brockedon; James McGrigor; Robert Harry Inglis; Woodbine Parish; Charles Lemon; F W Hope
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Burnes, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA7550Burnes; James (1801 - 1862)1801 - 1862
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