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Authorised form of nameSymonds; Sir; William (1782 - 1856)
Dates1782 - 1856
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Date of birth24 September 1782
Place of deathOn board the French steam ship Nil, while on his way from Malta to Marseille
Date of death30 March 1856
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Marseille, France
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1836; CB 1848
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1835
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
John Edward Gray has signed certificate twice
CodeNA1309
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1835/29Symonds, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/426/165Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir W [William] Symonds1 December 1845
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