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Authorised form of nameSchomburgk; Sir; Robert Hermann (1804 - 1865)
Dates1804 - 1865
NationalityGerman
Place of birthFreiburg, Saxony, Germany
Date of birth05 June 1804
Place of deathBerlin, Germany
Date of death11 March 1865
ActivityCareer:
Commmissioned by the Royal Geographical Society to explore British Guiana (1835); discovered a water lily grown in England as 'Victoria regia'; Crown commission to survey colonial boundaries, South America; Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok, Siam [Thailand] (1858)
Honours:
Kt 1844
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1859
Age at election54
PublishedWorkshttp://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85027580/
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Notes:
The date of election is incorrectly given as 2 June 1859, in the Record of the Royal Society 1940.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/9920527
CodeNA2441
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1859/12Schomburgk, Sir Robert Hermann: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
MS/257/4/169Letter from Robert Hermann Schomburgk, New Kingston, Surrey to Edward Sabine25 September 1848
MS/257/4/168Letter from Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Surbiton to Edward Sabine5 May 1848
MS/257/4/170Letter from Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Surbiton to Edward Sabine2 October 1848
MS/257/4/167Letter from Robert Hermann Schomburgk, 19 Golden Square to Edward Sabine5 January 1846
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