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Authorised form of nameFisher; George (1794 - 1873)
Dates1794 - 1873
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSunbury, Middlesex, England
Date of birth31 July 1794
Date of death14 May 1873
OccupationClergyman
ActivityEducation:
BA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election27/01/1825
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Citation: 'fitted out by' has been struck through
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/88223825
CodeNA5530
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1824/18Fisher, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/257/2/154Letter from George Fisher, Greenwich Hospital to Edward Sabine19 February 1839
MM/11/69'An account of the Magnetical Experiments made on the Western Coast of Africa 1830', by Edward BelcherNovember 1831
AP/18/9Unpublished paper, 'On the nature and origin of the Aurora Borealis' by the Reverend Geo [George] FisherMay 1834
IM/Maull/001419Fisher, Georgend
RR/1/68Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the nature and origin of the Aurora Borealis' by George Fisher[1830]
MC/1/139Letter from Rev. George Fisher, Stansted Vicarage, Essex, to Captain Edward Sabine20 February 1826
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/242Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Fisher, Secretary of the Astronomical Committee of the Royal Society29 October 1842
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
PT/14/18Paper, 'On the errors in longitude as determined by the chronometers at sea, arising from the action of the iron in the ships upon the chronometers' by George Fisher[1820]
RR/1/67Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'Magnetical experiments made principally in the south part of Europe and in Asia Minor, during the years 1827 to 1832' by George Fisher13 March 1833
AP/17/4Unpublished observations, 'An account of some experiments made in the West Indies [Caribbean] and North America to determine the relative magnetic forces in the years 1831, 2 and 3' by George FisherJuly 1833
PT/14/19Letter, including tables to accompany 'On the errors in longitude as determined by the chronometers at sea, arising from the action of the iron in the ships upon the chronometers' by George Coleman to George Fisher5 June 1820
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