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Authorised form of nameLowry; Wilson (1762 - 1824); engraver and mathematician
Dates1762 - 1824
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWhitehaven, Cumberland, England
Date of birth24 January 1762
Place of deathHis house in Great Titchfield Street, London
Date of death23 June 1824
OccupationEngraver
ActivityCareer:
Learned engraving; went to London to make a drawing of Lunardi's balloon for William Blizard (FRS 1787); began to study to become a surgeon, at Blizard's suggestion, but gave it up after four years; studied mathematics; invented instruments to do with engraving; engraved plates for the Rees Cyclopaedia
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/03/1812
RelationshipsSon of Strickland Lowry, portrait painter
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4852754
CodeNA3262
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/002819Lowry, Wilsonnd
EC/1811/23Lowry, Wilson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/12/4/2Plate, diagram of pendulum, support, frame, and instruments by Mary F KaterJuly 1817
PT/12/4/3Plate, diagram of arrangement of instruments for Kater's experiment by Caroline Broume[1817]
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