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Authorised form of name	Ellis; Sir; Henry (1777 - 1869)
Dates	1777 - 1869
Nationality	British
Place of birth	London, England
Date of birth	29 November 1777
Place of death	Bedford Square, London
Date of death	15 January 1869
Activity	Education: Merchant Taylor's School; St John's College, Oxford. BCL (1802) Career: Assistant, Bodleian Library (1798); Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum (1805); Keeper (1806-1827); Principal Librarian, British Museum; Knight of Hanover (1832); resigned from the British Museum (1856) Honours: Kt 1833 Memberships: FSA
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	30/05/1811
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/27181148
Code	NA3268

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
DM/6/24	Letter from Sir Henry Ellis to C R Weld, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society	23 January 1856
DM/6/18	Letter from Sir Henry Ellis to C R Weld, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society	31 May 1855
DM/6/25	Letter from Sir Henry Ellis to C R Weld, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society	22 January 1856
MS/425/1	Copy letter, John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society, to Henry Ellis, British Museum	13 December 1830
MC/2/224	Letter from Henry Ellis, [Principal Librarian at the] British Museum, to John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]	14 October 1836
DM/2/51	Letter from Henry Ellis, British Museum, to P M Roget	27 December 1829
EC/1811/10	Ellis, Sir Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/165	Letter from Henry Ellis, [Assistant Keeper of Printed Books], British Museum, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society	30 December 1828
MC/1/172	Letter from Edward Sabine, 1 Devonshire Place, to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, 39 Bernard Street	13 July 1829
MC/2	Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1832-1838
MC/1	Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1800-1831
MC/5/173	Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian at the British Museum, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, Treasurer of the Royal Society	26 July 1854
MC/5	Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1851-1858
AP/23/9	Unpublished paper, 'Experiments made on a piece of peña silver, as to its capability of holding water; saved from the Lady Charlotte, wrecked on the Coast of Ireland in December 1838' by William Debonnaire Haggard	January 1839
AP/20/10	Unpublished paper, 'Some account of the appearances of the solar spots, as seen from Hereford, on the 15th and 16th of May 1836 during and after the solar eclipse' by Henry Lawson	6 June 1836

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