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Authorised form of nameSalisbury; Richard Anthony (1761 - 1829)
Dates1761 - 1829
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeeds, Yorkshire, England
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University
Career:
Met Sir James Edward Smith (FRS 1785) at university; changed his name as the condition for receiving £10,000 from Miss Anna Salisbury in order to study botany; bought Ridgeway House, Mill Hill, formerly owned by Peter Collinson (FRS 1728)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/03/1787
RelationshipsSon of Richard Markham
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Note on election certificate: Retired 1826.
CodeNA2744
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1786/28Salisbury, Richard Anthony: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/682/29Letter from Richard Anthony Salisbury, Chapel, Alleston, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, Westminster Bridge, London2 August 1789
MS/682/30Letter from Richard Anthony Salisbury, Chapel, Alleston, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, Lambeth, London1 March 1791
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