| Authorised form of name | Fawcett; Henry (1833 - 1884) |
| Dates | 1833 - 1884 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Date of birth | 26 August 1833 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |
| Date of death | 06 November 1884 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire |
| Activity | Education:
King's College School; Peterhouse, Cambridge, migrated to Trinity Hall. BA (1856). Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1854)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity Hall; blinded in a shooting accident, Harnham Hill (1859); Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University (1863-1884); MP for Brighton (1865-1874); MP for Hackney (1874-1884); Postmaster General (1880); died of a chill
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/01/1882 |
| Relationships | Son of William Fawcett and his wife Mary Cooper; married (1867) Millicent, daughter of Newson Garret of Aldeburgh |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 21 December 1872
Notes:
At head of certificate: Certificate of a Candidate of the privileged class for Election |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/71437663 |
| Code | NA2881 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1882/01 | Fawcett, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001374 | Fawcett, Henry | 1999 |
| VF/11 | Portrait of Henry Fawcett by Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico | 21 December 1872 |
| MC/12/230 | Letter from Henry Fawcett, 18 Brookside, Cambridge, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 24 January 1882 |
| MC/12/231 | Copy letter from Henry Fawcett, Treasury Chambers, to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury | 24 January 1882 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |