| Authorised form of name | Swinhoe; Robert (1836 - 1877) |
| Dates | 1836 - 1877 |
| Place of birth | Calcutta, India |
| Date of birth | 01 September 1836 |
| Date of death | 28 October 1877 |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Ornithology |
| Activity | Education:
King's College, London
Career:
Taken to England at an early age; Supernumerary Interpreter, Consular Services, China (1854); Vice Consul, then Consul, Amoy, Shaghai, Ningpo, Chefoo and Formosa; circumnavigated Formosa; retired due to ill health (1873); settled in London
Memberships:
Fellow, Asiatic Society of Bengal
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1876 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27460884 |
| Royal Society code | NA6017 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1876/18 | Swinhoe, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/55/740 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S. | 20 August 1918 |
| NLB/65/656 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [John] Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS | 4 December 1923 |
| MC/7/287 | Letter from Robert Swinhoe, Honorary Consul in Formosa, China, British Consulate, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 28 December 1865 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |