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Authorised form of nameCotton; William (1786 - 1866)
Dates1786 - 1866
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeyton, London, England
Date of birth12 September 1786
Date of death01 December 1866
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Churchyard of St John the Baptist, Leytonstone, Essex
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/05/1821
RelationshipsSon of Joseph Cotton (FRS 1810)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA5374
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/000962Cotton, Williamnd
NLB/7/344Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Miss Acland, Hawthornden, Torquay25 January 1893
EC/1821/17Cotton, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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