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Authorised form of nameDonkin; Sir; Rufane Shaw (? 1772 - 1841)
Dates? 1772 - 1841
Place of deathSouthampton, Hampshire
Date of death01 May 1841
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Old St Pancras churchyard, London
ActivityHonours:
KCB 1818
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/02/1826
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
DNB indicates that he was born in 1773.
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
CodeNA4330
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1825/24Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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