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Authorised form of nameWhishaw; John (c 1765 - 1840)
Datesc 1765 - 1840
Place of birthChester, Cheshire, England
Date of birthc 1765
Place of deathWilton Crescent, London
Date of death21 December 1840
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge; Gray's Inn. BA (1788), MA (1792)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1794); practised in the Chancery Court; Commissioner for auditing the public accounts (1806-1835); retired on a pension; Director of the African Institute; edited the journals of Mungo Park; Senior Bencher of the Honorable Society of Grays Inn (at the time of his death)
Memberships:
FAS; FGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/02/1815
RelationshipsSon of Hugh Wishaw of Chester
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
Donald McDonald, 'Smithson Tennant, FRS (1761-1815)' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 77-94
CodeNA3377
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1814/25Whishaw, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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