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Authorised form of nameAubert; Alexander (1730 - 1805)
Dates1730 - 1805
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAustin Friars, London, England
Date of birth11 May 1730
Date of death19 October 1805
OccupationAstronomer
ActivityCareer:
Director (1753), later Governor, London Assurance Company
Memberships:
FSA (1784)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/01/1772
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3292
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/000156Aubert, Alexandernd
DM/2/42Letter from Alexander Aubert, Austin Friars, to Sir Joseph Banks22 August 1787
DM/2/144Candidates certificate in favour of John Bernouilli being elected to the Fellowship18th century
RSL/3/3Letter from Alex Aubert, Highbury, to Sir Joseph Banks7 November 1799
EC/1772/04Aubert, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/37/558Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Major P [Percy Alexander] MacMahon, Fellow of the Royal Society6 April 1908
L&P/12/64Letter, 'The meteor of 13 November' from Henry Lawson to Alexander Aubert17 November 1803
L&P/6/138Paper, 'A method of finding time by equal altitudes' by Alexander Aubert1775
L&P/6/260Paper, 'Of the prismatic micrometer; with certificates by Alexander Aubert and Peter Dolland' by Nevil Maskelyne1777
L&P/8/51Letter, 'Of the same meteor' from Alexander Aubert to unknown recipient6 November 1783
L&P/12/7Letter, 'Observations of Cere Ferdinandea at Highbury House, 9 February 1802' from Alexander Aubert to Joseph Banks9 February 1802
AP/6/6/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Dissertazione su di un nuovo ritrovato, per corregere le alterazioni, che produce l'aria negli orologi da sacca' ['Essay on a new invention to correct alterations produced by air in pocket watches'] by Tomaso Felicetti28 June 1789
L&P/6/257Paper, 'Report on the graduation of thermometers' by the Royal Society Commitee1777
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