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Authorised form of nameThomson; John (1765 - 1846)
Dates1765 - 1846
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPaisley, Scotland
Date of birth15 March 1765
Place of deathMorland Cottage, near the foot of Blackford Hill, near Edinburgh
Date of death11 October 1846
ActivityEducation:
MD
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1824
RelationshipsFather of Allen Thomson (FRS 1848)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1846 No 66 pp 641-644
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/52122917
CodeNA5450
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1824/11Thomson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/232Letter from James Crichton, 5 Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow, to Captain Edward Sabine, Secretary of the Royal Society5 June 1830
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
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