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Authorised form of nameEllis; Henry (1721 - 1806)
Dates1721 - 1806
Date of birth1721
Place of deathNaples, Italy
Date of death21 January 1806
ActivityCareer:
Joined an expedition in search of the North-west passage, upon his return from Italy (1746); wrote 'A voyage to Hudson's Bay' (1748); Governor of Nova Scotia (retired 1770); was in Marseilles (1775)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/02/1750
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10141493
CodeNA2382
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1749/25Ellis, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society8 February 1750
RSL/3/27Letter from Henry Ellis, Norfolk Street, London, to Sir Joseph Banks 1 August [1789]
RSL/3/25Letter from Henry Ellis, Norfolk Street, London, to Sir Joseph Banks 30 July [1789]
RSL/3/24Letter from Henry Ellis, Marseilles, to Sir Joseph Banks 6 April 1789
RSL/3/26Letter from Henry Ellis, Norfolk Street, London, to Sir Joseph Banks 31 July 1789
RSL/3/23Letter from Henry Ellis, Marseilles, to Sir Joseph Banks 6 March 1789
L&P/2/214Letter, 'Account of Capt. Ellis's voyage to Hudson's Bay' from S Hales to Martin Folkes8 June 1751
L&P/3/385Letter, 'Of the cold winter' from Henry Ellis to John Ellis14 February 1759
L&P/3/335Letter, 'On the heat of the weather in Georgia in July 1758' from Henry Ellis to John Ellis27 July 1758
AP/5/24/2Unpublished letter, regarding paper on convulsive illness from Raymond to unknown recipient12 April 1785
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