| Authorised form of name | Selwyn; Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902) |
| Dates | 1824 - 1902 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kilmington, Somerset, England |
| Date of birth | 28 July 1824 |
| Place of death | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Date of death | 19/10/1902 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Switzerland
Career:
Assistant, Geological Survey (1845); Director, Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia (1852-1869); Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1869-1894)
Honours:
CMG 1886
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1874 |
| Relationships | Son of Townshend Selwyn, Rector of Kilmington, and his wife Carlotte Sophia, daughter of Lord George Murray, Bishop of St Davids; married (1852) Matilda Charlotte, daughter of Edward Selwyn, Rector of Hemmingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 325-328 signed by W W |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42205113 |
| Code | NA6167 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/3/512 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Survey, Ottawa | 29 June 1889 |
| MC/10/133 | Letter from Alfred Rich C [Richard Cecil] Selwyn, Geological Survey of Canada, Museum and Office, 76 St Gabriel Street, Montreal, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 25 June 1874 |
| EC/1874/15 | Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |