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Authorised form of nameDollond; George (1774 - 1852)
Dates1774 - 1852
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth25 January 1774
Place of deathHis residence in Camberwell, London
Date of death13 May 1852
ActivityCareer:
Optician
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/12/1819
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
M Croarken, 'Astronomical labourers: Maskelyne's assistants at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1765 - 1811' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 285 - 298
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/77098772
CodeNA3716
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
PT/15/9/2Plate, two views of the micrometer's eye tube by unknown artist[1821]
DM/3/158Dollond, 'Report on Mr Barlow's Telescope'24 March 1831
IM/001184Dollond, Georgend
MC/1/309Letter from Peter Barlow to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society 2 June 1831
MC/2/230Letter from George Dollond to John George Children, [Secretary of the Royal Society]31 October 1836
EC/1819/23Dollond, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DM/3/53Minutes of meetings of the Optical Glass Committee November 1828
NLB/9/498Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alfred W Dollond, Huntley Villa, Nether Street, North Finchley29 May 1894
RR/1/192Referee's report by George Dollond, on a paper 'On the construction and use of single achromatic eye-pieces, and their superiority to the double eye-piece of Huyghens' by Joseph Bancroft Reade[1840]
S/0008Sculpture bust of Dollond, George
MC/1/136Letter from Edward Troughton, Fleet Street, to the Royal Society23 November 1825
MC/1/138Letter from James South, 6 Compton Terrace, Islington, to [Sir Humphry Davy], President of the Royal Society24 November 1825
PT/15/9/1Manuscript, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond[1821]
PT/15/9Paper, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond[1821]
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/59Letter from [Peter] Barlow to George Dollond, St. Paul's Churchyard22 October 1832
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/222Letter from George Dollond, St Paul's Church Yard, to the [Marquis of Northampton] President of the Royal Society and to the Council 6 June 1842
MC/3/308Letter from George Dollond, St Paul's Churchyard, to Sir John [William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]3 November 1843
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
AP/11/11Unpublished letter, 'A short account of some appearances in the moon on the 24th April, 1822' from Henry Lawson to George Dollond25 April 1822
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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