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Authorised form of nameNixon; Robert (1759 - 1837)
Dates1759 - 1837
Date of birth1759
Place of deathKenmure Castle, New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire
Date of death05 November 1837
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
BD (1790) Christchurch College, Oxford
Career:
Curate, Foot's Cray, Kent (1784-1804); honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the Society of Artists (1790-1818)
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1801
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (entry of John Nixon)
Notes:
Possible question over identifying his education correctly
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/48854721
CodeNA1277
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MC/1/122Letter from Robert Nixon, 37 Burr Street Tower, to the Royal Society25 November 1824
EC/1801/12Nixon, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
AP/8/21/1Unpublished letter, regarding a case of aphonia from Augustin Sayer to Sir Joseph Banks22 February 1816
AP/8/21/2Unpublished manuscript, 'Case of complete aphonia cured by the medical application of the electrick fluid' by Augustin Sayer[1816]
AP/8/21Unpublished paper and letter, 'Case of complete aphonia cured by the medical application of the electrick fluid' by Augustin Sayer[1816]
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