Authorised form of name | Aubert; Alexander (1730 - 1805) |
Dates | 1730 - 1805 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Austin Friars, London, England |
Date of birth | 11 May 1730 |
Date of death | 19 October 1805 |
Occupation | Astronomer |
Activity | Career: Director (1753), later Governor, London Assurance Company Memberships: FSA (1784)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 09/01/1772 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
Royal Society code | NA3292 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
IM/000156 | Aubert, Alexander | nd |
DM/2/42 | Letter from Alexander Aubert, Austin Friars, to Sir Joseph Banks | 22 August 1787 |
DM/2/144 | Candidates certificate in favour of John Bernouilli being elected to the Fellowship | 18th century |
RSL/3/3 | Letter from Alex Aubert, Highbury, to Sir Joseph Banks | 7 November 1799 |
EC/1772/04 | Aubert, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/37/558 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Major P [Percy Alexander] MacMahon, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 April 1908 |
L&P/12/64 | Letter, 'The meteor of 13 November' from Henry Lawson to Alexander Aubert | 17 November 1803 |
L&P/6/260 | Paper, 'Of the prismatic micrometer; with certificates by Alexander Aubert and Peter Dollond' by Nevil Maskelyne | 1777 |
L&P/6/138 | Paper, 'A method of finding time by equal altitudes' by Alexander Aubert | 1775 |
L&P/8/51 | Letter, 'Of the same meteor' from Alexander Aubert to unknown recipient | 6 November 1783 |
L&P/12/7 | Letter, 'Observations of Cere Ferdinandea at Highbury House, 9 February 1802' from Alexander Aubert to Joseph Banks | 9 February 1802 |
AP/6/6/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Dissertazione su di un nuovo ritrovato, per corregere le alterazioni, che produce l'aria negli orologi da sacca' ['Essay on a new invention to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 Felicetti | 28 June 1789 |
L&P/6/257 | Paper, 'Report on the graduation of thermometers' by the Royal Society Commitee | 1777 |
P/0294 | Portrait of Alexander Aubert | 1798 |