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Authorised form of nameHunt; Robert (1807 - 1887); mineralogist
Dates1807 - 1887
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPlymouth Dock [Devonport, Devon, England]
Date of birth06 September 1807
Place of deathChelsea, London
Date of death17 October 1887
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Mechanical Science, Government School of Mines; Keeper of Mining Records, Museum of Practical Geology
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1854
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp i-ii signed by A G
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/100164051
CodeNA3789
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1854/07Hunt, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/710/57Letter from Robert Hunt, Jermyn Street, London, to Robert Were Fox21 May 1873
MS/710/63Letter from Robert Knowles, 11 Queen's Gardens, Lancaster Gate, to [Anna Maria] Fox10 August 1875
MS/710/56Letter from Robert Hunt, Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, to Robert Were Fox 13 April 1855
MS/426/218Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to R [Robert] Hunt Esq28 September 1846
MC/4/156Letter from Robert Hunt, Museum of Economic Geology, 6 Craig's Court, to the Royal Society24 September 1846
NLB/1/484Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Robert Hunt, Fellow of the Royal Society28 June 1887
MC/4/159Letter from Robert Hunt, Museum of Economic Geology, 6 Craig's Court, to Charles Richard Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]22 October 1846
MS/426/226Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to R [Robert] Hunt Esq29 October 1846
MC/10/361Letter from H W [Henry William] Bristow and Robert Hunt, Geological Survey Office, 28 Jermyn Street, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society3 March 1876
RR/1/109Referee's report by William Robert Grove, on an unnamed paper by Robert Hunt[c. 1840]
NLB/3/212Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society10 April 1889
PT/23/8Paper, 'On the influence of iodine, in rendering several argentine compounds, spread on paper, sensitive to light; and, on a new method of producing, with greater distinctness, the photographic image' by Robert Hunt5 May 1840
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
RR/1/110Referee's report by John Fredrick William Herschel, on a paper 'On the influence of iodine in rendering several Argentine compounds, spread on paper, sensitive to light, and on a new method of producing, with greater distinctness, the photographic image' by Robert Hunt[1840]
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MS/257/1/170Letter from William Radcliffe Birt, [Kew] Observatory, Old Deer Park, Richmond, Surrey to [Robert] Hunt14 November 1849
MC/14/225Letter from Robert Hunt, Chelsea, to Herbert Rix14 June 1887
MC/14/246Letter from Robert Hunt, Chelsea, to Michael Foster30 June 1887
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
HS/10/103Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth11 September 1843
HS/22/51Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Robert] Hunt, dated at Collingwood12 May 1840
HS/10/119Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology3 July 1845
HS/10/105Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth12 December 1843
HS/10/113Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth17 May 1844
HS/10/102Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth6 July 1843
HS/10/100Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth24 March 1843
HS/10/80Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport9 December 1839
HS/10/122Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology6 April 1846
HS/10/107Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth24 February 1844
HS/10/82Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport18 December 1839
HS/10/128Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology7 November 1848
HS/10/85Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport9 May 1840
HS/10/116Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth2 December 1844
HS/10/112Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth3 May 1844
HS/10/99Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth23 April 1843
HS/10/109Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth13 April 1844
HS/10/106Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth26 January 1844
HS/10/110Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth1 May 1844
HS/10/118Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth9 April 1845
HS/10/129Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology9 November 1848
HS/10/92Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth12 October 1842
HS/10/88Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport8 August 1840
HS/10/117Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth19 March 1845
HS/10/133Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Agnes, Cornwall28 October 1867
HS/10/125Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology3 March 1847
HS/10/135Incomplete letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herscheln.d.
HS/10/94Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth21 November 1842
HS/10/104Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth19 November 1843
HS/10/86Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport16 May 1840
HS/10/95Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth8 December 1842
HS/10/83Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport15 April 1840
HS/10/121Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood5 January 1846
HS/10/98Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth4 February 1843
HS/10/132Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology8 May 1852
HS/10/134Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Penzance1 November 1867
HS/10/108Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth22 March 1844
HS/10/126Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology17 March 1848
HS/10/96Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth15 December 1842
HS/10/130Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology21 April 1849
HS/10/81Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Slough14 December 1839
HS/10/90Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth5 June 1841
HS/10/131Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology24 April 1849
HS/10/114Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth17 September 1844
HS/10/115Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at York2 October 1844
HS/10/101Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth7 June 1843
HS/22/121Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt2 June 1842
HS/22/70Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt10 November 1840
HS/22/150Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood25 March 1843
HS/26/68Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood17 August 1840
HS/22/49Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Slough19 April 1840
HS/10/111Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth1 May 1844
HS/25/14/15Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt1842-12-9 or later
HS/22/168Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood17 September 1843
HS/22/79Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood10 February 1841
HS/22/133Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert HuntSeptember 1842
HS/10/97Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth24 December 1842
HS/10/127Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology12 April 1848
HS/22/229Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood13 April 1845
HS/22/143Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood2 December 1842
HS/22/264Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood5 January 1846
HS/22/147Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood17 February 1843
HS/22/32Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Slough14 December 1839
HS/10/91Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth28 May 1842
HS/10/87Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport23 May 1840
HS/10/93Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth9 November 1842
HS/10/123Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology1 June 1846
HS/10/120Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology29 December 1845
HS/10/124Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology16 June 1846
HS/22/117Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert HuntMay 1842
HS/10/84Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Devonport23 April 1840
HS/10/89Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth17 January 1841
HS/22/87Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood21 May 1841
HS/24/208Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Hunt, dated at Collingwood30 October 1867
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