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Authorised form of nameHawkshaw; Sir; John (1811 - 1891)
Dates1811 - 1891
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWest Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of birth1811
Place of deathHis town residence, Belgrave Mansions, London
Date of death02 June 1891
OccupationCivil engineer
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1873
Memberships:
FGS; MICE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1855
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1891-1892 vol 50 pp i-iv signed by W P
Notes:
Thomas Wenster has signed the election certificate twice under 'From Personal Knowledge'
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4145857771023020446
CodeNA3812
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1855/06Hawkshaw, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/5/402Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons3 June 1891
MC/11/295Letter from John Hawkshaw, 33 Great George Street, Westminster, to [Sir John Evans], Treasurer of the Royal Society31 December 1878
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
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