Authorised form of name | Babington; William (1756 - 1833) |
Dates | 1756 - 1833 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Portglenone, County Antrim |
Date of birth | 21 May 1756 |
Place of death | His house, Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London |
Date of death | 29 April 1833 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Family vault, Church of St Mary's, Aldermanbury |
Occupation | Physician; Surgeon |
Research field | Mineralogy |
Geology |
Activity | Education: Apprenticed in Londonderry; Guy's Hospital, London; MD (1795, King's College, Aberdeen); Hon. MD (1831, Dublin) Career: Assistant Surgeon, Haslar Hospital (1777); contracted typhus fever at Winchester, but survived; contracted influenza, and died (1835); one of the founders of the Geological Society Memberships: FCP (1827)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 30/05/1805 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 14 pp 227-228 References: N G Coley, 'The Animal Chemistry Club; Assistant Society to the Royal Society' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 173-185 |
Code | NA3153 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1805/03 | Babington, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |