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Authorised form of nameFergusson; James (1808 - 1886)
Dates1808 - 1886
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAyr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of birth22 January 1808
Date of death09 January 1886
ActivityCareer:
Member of the Royal Committee for Fortifications. Archaeologist.
Memberships:
FRAS; FRGS; FRIBA; Athenaeum Club
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1863
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
James Copland, Archibald Smith, Warington W Smyth and Charles Babbage have signed election certificate twice
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/2541089
CodeNA5985
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
DM/7/37Letter from James Fergusson to the Royal Society8 December 1873
EC/1863/04Fergusson, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/6/139Letter from J [James] Fergusson, 20 Langham Place, to the Secretary of the Royal Society10 May 1861
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
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