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Authorised form of nameDavidson; Thomas (1817 - 1885)
Dates1817 - 1885
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth17 May 1817
Date of death16 December 1885
ActivityCareer:
Proprietor of the Estates of Muirhouse and Hatton, Mid-Lothian, NB.
Freemason, Member, Lodge of Felicity No 58
Memberships:
FGS; Member of various Foreign Societies in France, Germany, and Belgium; Vice President Palaeontographical Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1857
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1870
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1885 vol 39 pp viii-xi signed by R E
References:
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010, page 26
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/12397640
CodeNA5963
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1857/04Davidson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001080Davidson, Thomasnd
IM/Maull/001081Davidson, Thomasnd
MC/9/134Letter from Th [Thomas] Biddulph, Balmoral, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]7 November 1870
MC/9/136Letter from Thos [Thomas] Davidson, 22 Park Crescent, Brighton, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]14 November 1870
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/12/316Letter from Tho [Thomas] Davidson, 9 Salisbury Road, Brighton, to the Royal Society22 March 1883
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
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