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Authorised form of nameClerk; Henry (1821 - 1913)
Dates1821 - 1913
Date of birth27 December 1821
Date of death28/02/1913
ActivityCareer:
Captain, Royal Artillery
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1848
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1878-1880
RelationshipsSixth son of Sir George Clerk (FRS 1819) of Edinburgh, and his wife Maria, daughter of Ewan Law of Horsted Place, Sussex; cousin of James Clerk Maxwell (FRS 1861); great-grandson of Sir John Clerk (FRS 1729)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA1681
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1848/05Clerk, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/10/90Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to General Henry Clerk, Fellow of the Royal Society 27 September 1894
MS/426/379Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Capt [Henry] Clerk25 May 1849
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
MC/6/319Letter from H [Henry] Clerk, Royal Arsenal, to the Royal Society27 April 1863
MC/6/331Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel H [Henry] Clerk, Royal Arsenal, to the Royal Society27 April 1863
RR/1/217Referee's report by Edward Sabine, on a paper 'An account of the southern magnetic surveying expedition. By Lieut. H. Clerk, R. A., in a letter to Lieut.-Colonel Sabine, R. A., F. R. S' by Lieutenant Henry Clerk24 June 1846
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