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Authorised form of nameGurney; Hudson (1775 - 1864); antiquary and poet
Dates1775 - 1864
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNorwich, Norfolk, England
Date of birth19 January 1775
Place of deathKeswick Hall, Norfolk
Date of death09 November 1864
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Intwood churchyard, near Norwich, Norfolk
ActivityCareer:
Travelled with Lord Aberdeen (FRS 1808); MP for Newtown, Isle of Wight (1816); High Sheriff of Norfolk (1835)
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/01/1818
RelationshipsEldest son of Richard Gurney and his wife Agatha, daughter of David Barclay of Youngsbury, Herts
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1865 vol 14 pp v
References:
Gudrun Richardson, 'A Norfolk Network within the Royal Society' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 27-39, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/76350144
CodeNA3440
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1817/19Gurney, Hudson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001815Gurney, Hudsonnd
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/211Letter from Hudson Gurney, St James's Square, to the Royal Society6 April 1842
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