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Authorised form of nameKay; Joseph Henry (1814 - 1875)
Dates1814 - 1875
Date of birth1814
Date of death17 July 1875
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election26/02/1846
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Royal Society codeNA4898
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Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1846/12Kay, Joseph Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/426/277Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to Lord Auckland [George Eden]20 May 1847
MS/426/278Copy of the Memorial from Joseph H [Henry] Kay, Lieut R N, Director of the Magnetic Observatory; to the President of the Royal Society30 November 1846
MC/7/74Letter from Joseph H [Henry] Kay, commander, Royal Navy, Melbourne, Victoria, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society23 May 1864
MC/7/124Letter from Robert L J [Lewis John] Ellery, Directory of the Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne, Victoria, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London24 September 1864
MC/7/123Letter from J H [Joseph Henry] Kay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London24 September 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/9/560Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Captain Royal Navy, Melbourne, Victoria, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society21 May 1873
MC/10/30Letter from J H [Joseph Henry] Kay, Rose Hill, Forest Hill, to the Royal Society28 October 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MS/119/2/105Second half of letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin2 March 1842
MS/119/2/102Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin12 November 1840
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MS/119/2/108Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin4 September 1842
MS/257/3/2Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Melbourne to Edward Sabine17 July 1869
MS/257/3/1Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Melbourne to Edward Sabine22 July 1862
MS/119/2/103Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin16 January 1842
MS/119/2/104First half of letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd2 March 1842
MS/119/2/107Letter from Joseph Henry Kay, Magnetic Observatory Rossbank to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, DublinMay 1842
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