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Authorised form of nameGiffen; Sir; Robert (1837 - 1910)
Dates1837 - 1910
NationalityBritish
Place of birthStrathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of birth22 July 1837
Place of deathFort Augustus, Inverness-shire
Date of death10 or 12 April 1910
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Strathaven, Lanarkshire
ActivityEducation:
LLD (Glasc)
Honours:
CB 1891; KCB 1895
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/06/1892
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
DNB gives death date as 12 April 1910.
CodeNA2215
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/13/364Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons[1 August 1896]
NLB/24/340Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to Sir Robert Giffen, Fellow of the Royal Society30 April 1902
NLB/11/456Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons4 July 1895
NLB/13/287Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Robert Giffen, Fellow of the Royal Society21 July 1896
NLB/12/79Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Robert Giffen, Fellow of the Royal Society6 December 1895
NLB/16/291Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons9 March 1898
NLB/21/490Copy letter from Alfred Bray Kempe, Sir Robert Giffen, Fellow of the Royal Society27 November 1900
NLB/21/504Copy letter from Alfred Bray Kempe, to Sir Robert Giffen, Fellow of the Royal Society28 November 1900
NLB/27/614Copy telegram from an unknown correspondent, to Sir Robert Giffen, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Heywards Heath[29 October 1903]
NLB/37/82Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir R [Robert] Giffen KCB, FRS16 January 1908
EC/1892/13Giffen, Sir Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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