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Authorised form of nameCampbell; George Douglas (1823 - 1900); 8th Duke of Argyll
Dates1823 - 1900
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArdencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date of birth30 April 1823
Date of death24/04/1900
ActivityHonours:
KT 1856; KG 1884
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/06/1851
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1883-1884
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/74070058
CodeNA5099
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/769/21Letter from George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, to [Walter White?]13 April 1876
MS/743/1/105Letter from George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll, to [John Hall] Gladstone14 July 1883
NLB/16/80Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Duke of Argyll[26 January 1898]
NLB/16/209Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr J S Keltie, Royal Geographical Society, Saville Row23 February 1898
NLB/16/105Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Michael Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]31 January 1898
MS/426/567Copy letter from [John] Wrottesley; President of the Royal Society; to the Duke of Argyll30 April 1856
NLB/16/205Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Dr Kelvin[22 February 1898]
NLB/18/818Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Clements R Markham, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1899
MS/426/532Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Lord Rosse [William Parsons], President of the Royal Society10 November 1854
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
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