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Authorised form of nameRogers; Henry Darwin (1808 - 1866)
Dates1808 - 1866
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of birth01 August 1808
Place of deathShawlands, near Glasgow
Date of death29 May 1866
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
LLD
Career:
Professor of Natural History, University of Glasgow.
Memberships:
FRSE (Honorary); FGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1858
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp xxxv-xxxvi
References:
H S Torrens, 'An American in Glasgow (and Elsewhere)', review of Patsy Gerstner, Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808-1866 - American Geologist in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 147-148
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10652771
CodeNA1684
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1858/12Rogers, Henry Darwin: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/6/8Letter from Henry D [Darwin] Rogers, 1 College, Glasgow, to the Council of the Royal Society3 February 1859
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
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