Authorised form of name | Hall; Basil (1788 - 1844) |
Surname | Hall |
Forenames | Basil |
Dates | 1788 - 1844 |
Nationality | British |
Dates and places | Birth: 31 December 1788 Death: Haslar Hospital (11 September 1844) |
Activity | Career: Entered the Royal Navy; accompanied William Pitt Amherst's embassy to China (1816-1817); visited Napoleon on St Helena (1817?); served on the west coast of America; visited the Galapagos Islands and took pendulum observations; retired from the Navy and devoted his time to travel and science; died insane |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/03/1816 |
Relationships | Son of Sir James Hall (FRS 1806); brother of Sir John Hall (FRS 1820); married (1825) Margaret daughter of Sir John Hunter, Consul General in Spain |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 526-527 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/5019799 |
Royal Society code | NA3408 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
NLB/57/349 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to WS Hoeseason, Esq, 13 Digby Mansions, Hammersmith Bridge, W 6 | 24 October 1919 |
PT/16/22 | Letter, 'Communicating the details of experiments made with an invariable pendulum, at various places on the South American station' by Captain Basil Hall to Captain [Henry] Kater | 23 February 1823 |
EC/1815/36 | Hall, Basil: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/57 | New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration | 27 June 1919-27 February 1920 |