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RefNoEC/1879/02
Previous numbersCert X, 329
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TitleAnderson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationMedical Officer & Naturalist to the Exploring Expedition to Western Yunnan, 1867-8, and to the Exploring Expedition to Western China in 1875. Author of "'Report on the Expedition to Western Yunnan via Bhamo"; published by the Government of India 1871; of "Mandalay to Momien: a narrative of the two expeditions to Western China in 1868and 1875". Lond 1876 8vo; of numerous papers on various branches of Indian Zoology in the Journ Linn Soc, Proc Zool Soc, and Journ As Soc Beng. Distinguished for his acquaintance with Zoology and Comparative Anatomy generally, and for that of the Indian Fauna especially. Gold-medallist at the Edinburgh University Graduation in 1861.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge. A Gunther; Richd Owen; Charles Darwin; Geo Busk; Geo J Allman; P L Sclater; Joseph Fayrer; A Leith Adams
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Anderson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA8101Anderson; John (1833 - 1900)1833 - 1900
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