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Authorised form of nameDavis; Sir; John Francis (1795 - 1890)
Dates1795 - 1890
Date of birth16 July 1795
Place of deathHollywood Tower, near Bristol, Gloucestershire
Date of death12 or 13 November 1890
ActivityHonours:
Bt 1845; KCB 1854
Memberships:
Literary Society of Bombay
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/03/1822
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
DNB and Boase give death date as 13 November 1890
CodeNA5380
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/Maull/001091Davis, Sir John Francisnd
EC/1822/02Davis, Sir John Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/16/11/2Plate, 'Chinese Year' by [John Francis Davis][1822]
PT/16/11Paper, 'On the Chinese year' by J F [John Francis] Davis[1822]
PT/16/11/1Manuscript, 'On the Chinese year' by J F [John Francis] Davis[1822]
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