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Authorised form of nameVignoles; Charles Blacker (1793 - 1875)
Dates1793 - 1875
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWoodbrook, County Wexford, Ireland
Date of birth31 May 1793
Place of deathVilla Almathea, Hythe, Hampshire
Date of death17 November 1875
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Brompton cemetery, London
OccupationCivil engineer
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1855
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Anthony Hall-Patch, 'Charles Blacker Vignoles, FRS' in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 233-242, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69707335
CodeNA5198
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1855/11Vignoles, Charles Blacker: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/3/150Letter from Charles [Blacker] Vignoles, 4 Trafalgar Square, London, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society25 March 1841
MC/10/304Letter from W H Rolfe, 15 Delahay Street, Westminster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society18 November 1875
IM/005437Vignoles, Charles Blackernd
IM/004739Vignoles, Charles Blacker1871
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MS/950Report, 'Mouths of the Danube', by Charles Blacker Vignoles31 March 1857
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