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RefNoEC/1863/04
Previous numbersCert X, 36
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TitleFergusson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThe Author of 1. A historical Inquiry into the true Principles of Beauty in Art, 2. The Palaces of Nineveh & Persepolis restored, 3. The Rock-cut Temples of India, 4. 'Essay on the Ancient Topography of Jerusalem, 5. Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan, 6. The Hand-Book of Architecture. Distinguished for his works upon Archaeology, Architecture, and the Aesthetics of Art. Eminent as an Original Inquirer into the Principles of Fortification, as evinced by his "Essay on a proposed New System of Fortification."
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. James Copland; Richard Partridge; Andw C Ramsay; C Wheatstone; E W Brayley; James Copland; P E de Strzelecki; C Babbage.
From Personal Knowledge. H Falconer; H H Wilson; J Crawfurd; Charles Babbage; J J Sylvester; Cha Lyell; Peter Hardy; James Paget; Andw C Ramsay; A B Granville; James Clark; Jos D Hooker; J Gwyn Jeffreys; Arch Smith; Baden Powell; John Percy; John Gould; Archibald Smith; Warington W Smyth; Rod I Murchison; Thos Sopwith; J R Martin; J Scott Russell; C Wheatstone; Thomas Bell; Francis Galton; John Tyndall; John Washington; Warington W Smyth; F Madden
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Fergusson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA5985Fergusson; James (1808 - 1886)1808 - 1886
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