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Authorised form of nameDavis; Joseph Barnard (1801 - 1881)
Dates1801 - 1881
Date of birth13 June 1801
Date of death19 May 1881
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldCraniology
ActivityEducation:
MD (1862, St Andrews)
Career:
Travelled to the Arctic in a whaler; general practioner in Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire; his collection of skulls was purchased by the Royal College of Surgeons
Memberships:
LSA (1823)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1868
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/37656910
CodeNA1679
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1868/11Davis, Joseph Barnard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/6/92Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Contributions towards determining the weight of the brain in different races of man' by Joseph Barnard Davis1 May 1868
MC/8/210Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to the Royal Society7 June 1868
MC/9/157Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to Professor [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]12 February 1871
MC/9/169Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to Professor [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society25 February 1871
MC/9/158Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to the Council of the Royal Society12 February 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
RR/6/93Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Contributions towards determining the weight of the brain in different races of man' by Joseph Barnard Davisnd [1868]
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