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Authorised form of nameWavell; William (- 1829)
Dates - 1829
NationalityBritish
Place of deathHorwood Parsonage, Devon
Date of death15 May 1829
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldNatural history
ActivityEducation:
MD
Career:
Had medical practice at Horwood, Devon; discovered the hydrous phosphate of aluminium (named Wavellite, after him) near Barnstaple, Devon (1805)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/02/1824
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/59864826
CodeNA6105
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/61/881Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major General Wavell; Cranborne Lodge, Cranborne8 November 1921
EC/1823/18Wavell, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/13/28Unpublished paper, address as President of the Royal Society by Davies Gilbert30 November 1829
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