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Authorised form of nameClerk; Sir; George (1787 - 1867)
Dates1787 - 1867
Date of birth19 November 1787
Place of deathPenicuik House, near Edinburgh
Date of death23 December 1867
ActivityCareer:
MP for Edinburghshire (1811-1832; 1835-1837); MP for Stamford (1838-1847); MP for Dover (1847-1852)
Memberships:
FRSE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election27/05/1819
RelationshipsFather of Henry Clerk (FRS 1848); uncle of James Clerk Maxwell (FRS 1861); grandson of Sir John Clerk (FRS 1729)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3714
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/21/36Letter from Lord Wrottesley to [to George Clerk]18 July 1851
IM/000884Clerk, Sir Georgend
EC/1819/06Clerk, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/000883Clerk, Sir Georgend
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