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Authorised form of nameLamont; Johann (1805 - 1879)
Other forms of nameJohann von
Other forms of surnameVon Lamont
Dates1805 - 1879
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBraemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date of birth13 December 1805
Place of deathBogenhausen, near Munich, Germany
Date of death06 August 1879
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Churchyard at Bogenhausen, near Munich, Germany
Research fieldAstronomy
Physics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/11/1852
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DNB and DSB.
References:
James Gabriel O'Hara, 'Gauss and the Royal Society: The Reception of His Ideas on Magnetism in Britain (1832-1842)' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 17-78
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/5688604
CodeNA3418
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1852/18Lamont, Johann: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/11/180Letter from F Lamont, Munich, to Edward Sabine2 May 1842
MM/11/183Letter from F Lamont, Munich, to Edward Sabine20 May 1842
MM/17/7Letter from Johann Lamont to the Royal Society4 September 1854
MS/257/4/39Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [Johann von] Lamont4 June 1845
MC/5/378Letter from [Johann] Lamont, Munich, to Major-General E [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], London13 December 1858
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MS/257/3/24Letter from Johann [von] Lamont, Munich to [Edward Sabine]8 September 1861
MS/257/3/25Letter from Johann [von] Lamont, Munich to Edward Sabine, Woolwich15 September 1861
MS/257/3/26Letter from Johann [von] Lamont, [Royal] Observatory, Bogenhausen26 November 1864
MS/257/3/22Letter from Johann [von] Lamont, Munich to Edward Sabine, Woolwich29 November 1857
MS/257/3/23Letter from Johann [von] Lamont, Munich to Edward Sabine, Woolwich4 August 1859
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