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Authorised form of nameBlanshard; Richard (1780 - 1836)
Dates1780 - 1836
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth18 July 1780
Place of deathParis, France, Europe
Date of death21 February 1836
DatesAndPlacesChristening:
21 July 1780
OccupationMerchant
Research fieldAntiquities
ActivityCareer:
Partner in the mercantile firm Wilson and Blanshard of 4 Jeffery's Square, London
Memberships:
FSA; Royal Asiatic Society; FRSL
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/05/1827
Age at election44
RelationshipsSon of Captain John Atkinson Blanshard, by Harriet Gale, granddaughter of the celebrated antiquary Roger Gale, of Scruton, esq. eldest son of Dr. Thomas Gale, Dean of York.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; GM; The National Archives register of births, marriages and deaths
Notes:
First signature on election certificate deliberately obscured
CodeNA5722
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/60/788Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to B. E. Pemberton Esquire; 7 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London, W.2.6 April 1921
EC/1827/03Blanshard, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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