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Authorised form of nameHorsburgh; James (1762 - 1836)
Dates1762 - 1836
NationalityBritish
Place of birthElie, Fife
Date of birth23 September 1762
Date of death14 May 1836
ActivityCareer:
Went to sea on colliers and other trading vessels; captured by a French pirate and imprisoned at Dunkirk; sailed to the West Indies and Calcutta; was wrecked off the coral island Diego Garcia due to incorrect charts, which inspired him to study navigation; came to England (1796); ship Captain; wrote 'Directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope and interjacent ports'; Hydrographer, HEIC (1810)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/03/1806
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 pp 436-437
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69710161
CodeNA2778
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1805/16Horsburgh, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DM/3/148'Should it be conversant to Captain Foster, the longitudes of the following points may be determined, in addition to those mentioned in the proposed track"1828
AP/7/8/2Unpublished observations, barometrical observations made passing from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn by P [Peter] HeywoodOctober-November 1807
AP/7/8/1Unpublished letter, regarding barometrical observations from P [Peter] Heywood to [James] Horsburgh9 March 1808
AP/7/8Unpublished letter and observations, barometrical observations made passing from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn from Captain P [Peter] Heywood to [James] HorsburghOctober 1807 - March 1808
L&P/12/94Letter, 'Observations on a diurnal variation of the barometer between the tropics' from James Horsburgh to Henry Cavendish20 April 1805
AP/1/7Unpublished paper, 'Statement of observations on the fall of the mercury between the tropics, prior to, and during storms' by unknown author[1810]
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