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Authorised form of nameWilson; John (1804 - 1875)
Dates1804 - 1875
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLauder, Berwickshire, Scotland
Date of birth11 December 1804
Place of deathAt his residence, 'The Cliff', near Bombay, India
Date of death01 December 1875
ActivityEducation:
DD
Career:
Senior Missionary, Institution of the Free Church of Scotland, Bombay (1844)
Memberships:
MRAS; Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay (Honorary President)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/02/1845
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/50823069
CodeNA5849
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1845/03Wilson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/7/225Letter from John Wilson, Bombay, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society6 June 1865
MC/7/331Letter from John Wilson, Bombay, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society22 May 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/65Letter from John Wilson, Bombay, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society9 July 1867
MC/9/230Letter from John Wilson, Offices of the Free Church, Edinburgh, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society29 June 1871
MC/9/362Letter from John Wilson, The Cliff, Malabar Hill, Bombay, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society8 April 1872
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/10/107Letter from John Wilson, The Cliff, Malabar Hill, Bombay, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society9 May 1874
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
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