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RefNoEC/1860/15
Previous numbersCert IX, 449; A04634
LevelItem
TitleMain, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationRobert Main. The author of several papers in the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, and of some popular works on Astronomy. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Astronomy.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge: G B Buckton; T Wharton Jones; Robt Fitz Roy; Matthew Curling Friend
From Personal Knowledge: Rosse; G B Airy; George Fisher; John Edward Gray; Richard Owen; J Challis; Baden Powell; J F W Herschel; Chas Brooke; Warren De la Rue; J P Gassiot; J Glaisher; Warington W Smyth; C V Walker; Tho Graham; Sam Cha Whitbread; E W Brayley; C Babbage; Archibald Smith; Wm Lassell
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Main, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA3602Main; Robert (1808 - 1878)1808 - 1878
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