| RefNo | EC/1844/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 133; A00400 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Barrow, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Notes on reverse of certificate interpolated between printed statements: 'Author of Travels in Iceland, In Norway, several parts of Northern Europe, Of the Life of Sir Francis Drake and other works'
[As one distinguished for his literary or archaeological attainments] 'Naval biography, and history and General Celebration'
[As one who is attached to science, and anxious to promote its progress] 'Much attached and desirous to promote its progress' |
| Citation | The Author of A Voyage to Iceland, Travels in Norway and North of Europe, Life of Sir Francis Drake &Cea desirous of improving the present system of Keeping Public Records, whereby is now in progress |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. C Elliott; W H Sykes; Mahon
From Personal Knowledge. G Cockburn; Geo Tho Staunton; F Beaufort; B C Brodie; W H Smyth; T H Shadwell Clerke; Robert Batty; H R Brandreth; Henry Ellis; W M Leake; John Rennie; Jos Smith; W Burnett; Jn Walker; Thomas Amyot; R E Broughton; George Rennie; C Wheatstone; W T Brande |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Image | 
|
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3786 | Barrow; John (1808 - 1898) | 1808 - 1898 |