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Authorised form of nameParish; Sir; Woodbine (1796 - 1882)
Dates1796 - 1882
Date of birth14 September 1796
Place of deathHis residence, Quarry House, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex
Date of death16 August 1882
OccupationDiplomat
Research fieldGeology
Palaeontology
ActivityEducation:
Eton School
Career:
Entered the public service (1812); sent to Sicily (1814); sent to the Ionian Islands (1816); Commissioner and Consul General, Buenos Aires (1824); concluded treaty of amity with the newly independent Argentina (1825); Charge d'affaires, Buenos Aires (1825-1832); Chief Commissioner, Naples (1840-1848); Presented remains of Megatherium to the Royal College of Surgeons
Honours:
KCH 1837
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/03/1824
RelationshipsEldest son of Woodbine Parish and Elizabeth, daughter of Rev H Headley
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/218071422
CodeNA5484
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1823/22Parish, Sir Woodbine: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/709/44Letter from Woodbine Parish, to R[ichard?] Owen at Dr Cox's nd
IM/Maull/003422Parish, Sir Woodbinend
IM/Maull/003424Parish, Sir Woodbinend
IM/Maull/003423Parish, Sir Woodbinend
MC/1/198Letter from [Edward William] Brayley, Bruce Castle, Tottenham, to Captain Edward Sabine, Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1830
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
AP/12/17/1Unpublished letter, regarding native iron from Woodbine Parish to Sir Samuel Young10 November 1825
MA/88Meteorological observations at Naples, Italy, by Woodbine Parish1 January-28 February 1841
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