| RefNo | EC/1844/06 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 123; A03984 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Kerigan, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Additional note by Edward Codrington: Mr Thomas Kerigan served nearly five uears under my command in HM Ship Blake; during which time he voluntarily gave instruction to the superior officers of the Ship, as well as to the young gentlemen in the several branches of Nautical Astronomy, and conducted himself in every respect to my satisfaction & to the satisfaction of all the other officers |
| Citation | The Discoverer of a method of deducing the Longitude from the Occultations of the fixed stars by the moon. The Author of The young navigator's guide to the sideral and planetary parts of Nautical Astronomy: & of The Complete Mathematical & General Navigation Tables. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Nautical Astronomy, & for having voluntarily instructed numberless officers with whom he has served in several different ships,- in that science. Eminent as a Nautical Astronomer |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Edwd Codrington; John Richardson; John Barrow; Wm Edward Parry; H R Brandreth; Rod I Murchison; B C Brodie
From Personal Knowledge. Edwd Codrington; W Symonds; Thos T Grant |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA295 | Kerigan; Thomas (- 1848) | - 1848 |