| Authorised form of name | Strickland; Hugh Edwin (1811 - 1853) |
| Dates | 1811 - 1853 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Righton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 02 March 1811 |
| Place of death | On a railway line between Retford and Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
| Date of death | 13 or 14 September 1853 |
| Activity | Education:
MA (Oriel College, Oxford)
Career:
Deputy Reader in Geology, University of Oxford; knocked down and killed instantly by an oncoming express train while examining a new railway cutting of the Sheffield, Manchester and Lincolnshire Railway.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1852 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1850-1854 vol 6 p 359
Notes:
DNB gives death date as 13 September 1853; Boase gives 14 September 1853. |
| Code | NA2864 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/682/34 | Letter from Hugh Edwin Strickland, Cracombe House, Everham, to Richard Owen | 1 June 1844 |
| IM/004427 | Strickland, Hugh Edwin | nd |
| EC/1852/12 | Strickland, Hugh Edwin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |