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Authorised form of nameSykes; William Henry (1790 - 1872)
Dates1790 - 1872
Date of birth25 January 1790
Place of deathLondon
Date of death16 June 1872
ActivityCareer:
HEIC (from 1803); Interpreter for Hindustani and Mahratta languages (1810); Captain (1819); Major (1826); Lieutenant Colonel (1831); retired 1833; Director HEIC (1840), Chairman (1856); MP for Aberdeen (1857-1872)
Memberships:
FLS; FGS; FZS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/02/1834
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1841-1842, 1846-1848
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xxxiii-xxxiv
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/4020172
Royal Society codeNA5872
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/004478Sykes, William Henrynd
MM/16/164Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel13 November 1851
MM/16/168Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel21 January 1852
MM/16/165Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel19 January 1852
MM/16/166Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel20 January 1852
MM/16/169Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to Sir John Herschel22 January 1852
MM/16/175Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel5 March 1852
MM/16/173Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel23 February 1852
MM/16/167Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel20 January 1852
MM/16/174Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel23 February 1852
MM/16/172Letter from WH Sykes, India House, to Sir John Herschel3 February 1852
RR/2/159Referee's report by William Henry Sykes, on a paper 'On the meteorology of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmoreland, including the results of experiments on the fall of rain at various heights, up to 3166 feet above the sea-level.—Fourth paper, for the year 1850' by John Fletcher Miller26 July 1851
RR/2/235Referee's report by John Frederick William Herschel, on a paper 'On depressions of the wet-bulb thermometer during the hot season at Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan' by William Henry Sykes23 April 1851
MS/426/290Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lieut Col [William Henry] Sykes30 October 1847
MS/426/635Note of a letter from W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Col [William Henry] Sykes29 May 1858
MS/257/4/540Letter from William Henry Sykes, 47 Albion Street, Hyde Park to Edward Sabine9 March 1850
MM/11/150Letter from Edward Sabine, London, to Col WH Sykes20 November 1840
EC/1834/06Sykes, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/190Letter from Professor [Arthur Bedford] Orlebar, to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Sykes, East India House30 August 1841
MC/4/111Circular from [Arthur Bedford] Orlebar, Superintendant of the Magnetic Observatory, Bombay, presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes15 December 1845
MC/4/250Letter from John Fletcher Miller, Whitehaven, to Colonel [William Henry] Sykes13 July 1848
MC/5/26Letter from F W [Frederick William] Hope to the Secretary of the Royal Society15 November 1851
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
MS/257/4/539Letter from William Henry Sykes, 47 Albion Street, Hyde Park to Edward Sabine25 February 1850
MC/6/101Letter from H [Hermann] de Schlagintweit and R [Robert] de Schlagintweit, 10 Bolton Row, to General [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]1 August 1860
MC/5/349Letter from W H [William Henry] Sykes to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society26 May 1858
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
RR/2/160Referee's report by William Henry Sykes, on a paper 'On the meteorology of the English Lake District, including the results of observations on the fall of rain at various heights, up to 3166 feet above the sea-level' by John Fletcher Miller15 May 1852
PT/38/1Paper, 'Discussion of meteorological oservations taken in India at various heights embracing those at Dodabetta on the Neelgherry Mountains at 8640 feet above the level of the sea' by W H [William Henry] Sykes[1850]
AP/29/14Unpublished paper, 'On formulae for the elastic force of vapor at different temperature as compared with observation' by R Shortrede1848
PT/47/2/1Manuscript, 'An account of meteorological observations in four balloon ascents made under the direction of the Kew Observatory Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science' by John Welsh[1853]
AP/30/17Unpublished paper, 'On the moist bulb problem' by Captain ShortredeJanuary 1848
AP/35/3Unpublished paper, 'A few remarks on currents in the Arctic seas' by P C SutherlandMarch 1853
RR/2/236Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On depressions of the wet-bulb thermometer during the hot season at Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan' by William Henry Sykes1 October 1851
MS/257/2/211Letter from John Peter Gassiot, 77 Mark Lane to Colonel William Henry Sykes26 September 1850
MS/257/2/209Letter from John Peter Gassiot, 77 Mark Lane to Colonel William Henry Sykes19 September 1850
MS/257/4/538Letter from William Henry Sykes, India House to Edward Sabine4 January 1850
MS/257/4/536Letter from William Henry Sykes, India House to Edward Sabine19 November 1849
MS/257/4/537Letter from William Henry Sykes, India House to Mrs [Elizabeth Juliana Leeves] Sabine28 November 1849
PT/47/2Paper, 'An account of meteorological observations in four balloon ascents made under the direction of the Kew Observatory Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science' by John Welsh[1853]
MM/11/154Letter from Luke Howard, Tottenham, to W.H. Sykes30 April 1841
HS/19/204Minutes of the Balloon Committee of the British Association, by William Henry Sykes1 February 1862
HS/19/205Minutes of the Balloon Committee of the British Association, by William Henry Sykes13 March 1862
MM/16/171Incomplete letter from J F W Herschel to WH Sykes2 February 1852
HS/17/142Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House4 November 1845
HS/17/150Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House12 August 1852
HS/17/158Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.18 January 1862
HS/17/153Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.20 November 1858
HS/17/157Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.9 January 1862
HS/17/149Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House15 January 1852
HS/17/152Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at [Collingwood?]16 January 1857
HS/17/148Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House22 November 1851
HS/17/139Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Society11 April 1839
HS/17/155Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at Collingwood24 October 1861
HS/17/140Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at [Slough?]12 April 1839
HS/17/146Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.19 April 1850
HS/17/156Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.28 October 1861
HS/17/151Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brie Maritime26 October 1853
HS/17/147Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at 47 Albion St.27 April 1850
HS/17/141Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House27 November 1844
HS/17/159Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at British Association, Cambridge7 October 1862
HS/17/154Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at Collingwood23 November 1858
HS/17/143Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes, dated at Collingwood11 March 1847
HS/17/144Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House17 January 1848
HS/17/145Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House22 March 1850
HS/17/144aLetter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Sykes
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