| 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 |