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Authorised form of nameSolly; Richard Horsman (? 1774 - 1858)
Dates? 1774 - 1858
Place of birthGreat Ormond Street, London, England
Date of birth29 April 1774
Place of deathGreat Ormond Street, London
Date of death31 March 1858
ActivityCareer:
Studied for the Bar; one of the original promoters of the Royal Institution; helped to found the Geological and Horticultural Societies
Memberships:
FLS (1826)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1807
RelationshipsSon of Samuel Solly (FRS 1792); brother of Samuel Roynolds Solly (FRS 1823)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 549-550
Notes:
Venn and Boase give birth date as 29 April 1774, but note in BR index states 'year appears wrong as he was 17 in 1796'.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57392807
CodeNA3034
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/Maull/004306Solly, Richard Horsmannd
EC/1807/04Solly, Richard Horsman: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/10/165Minutes of the Microscope Committeec.1843
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