| Authorised form of name | Horner; Leonard (1785 - 1864) |
| Dates | 1785 - 1864 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 17 January 1785 |
| Place of death | Montagu Square, London |
| Date of death | 05 March 1864 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh High School
Career:
Became a partner in his father's linen factory and settled in London (1804); returned to Edinburgh due to business (1817); was a Whig, and a social reformer; one of the founders of the Edinburgh Academy; assisted in the foundation of the London Institution; Warden, London University; lived in Bonn (from 1831); one of the Chief Inspectors, under the Factory Acts (until 1856)
Memberships:
FGS (1808, President 1846)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/11/1813 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1845-1847, 1857-1858 |
| Relationships | Father-in-law of Sir Charles Lyell (FRS 1826), and of Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (FRS 1851) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1865 vol 14 pp v-x
References:
H G L, 'A Fragment of History' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 28-31 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8153932 |
| Royal Society code | NA6219 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/11/95 | 'Second Report of the Charter Committee, agreed upon at their Meeting held on the 25 November 1846' | 1846 |
| MC/5/8 | Letter from Leonard Horner, Manchester, to Lieutenant-Colonel [Edward] Sabine, Treasurer of the Royal Society | 26 February 1851 |
| PT/50/4 | Portion of paper, 'The recent researches' by Leonard Horner | [1855] |
| RR/3/146 | Referee's report by Charles Murchison, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner | 12 March 1858 |
| RR/2/111 | Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner | 19 March 1855 |
| RR/3/147 | Referee's report by Charles Robert Darwin, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner | 22 March 1858 |
| MC/5/6 | Letter from Leonard Horner, Preston, to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine, Treasurer of the Royal Society | 25 February 1851 |
| MS/426/293 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel; to G B [George Biddell] Airy Esq; to Sir B [Benjamin Collins] Brodie; to Leonard Horner | 1 November 1847 |
| EC/1813/09 | Horner, Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/21/62 | Letter from Leonard Horner to John Stevens Henslow | 15 July 1845 |
| MC/6/11 | Letter from E Hammond, Foreign Office, to L [Leonard] Horner | 11 February 1859 |
| RR/2/110 | Second referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner | 11 March 1855 |
| RR/3/132 | Referee's report by Leonard Horner, on a paper 'On the physical structure of the old red sandstone of the county of waterford, considered with relation to cleavage, joint surfaces, and faults' by Samuel Haughton | 8 April 1858 |
| RR/2/109 | Referee's report by Roderick Impey Murchison, on a paper 'An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt' by Leonard Horner | 5 March 1855 |
| MC/5/7 | Letter from Leonard Horner, Preston, to Lieutenant-Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 25 February 1851 |
| MC/5/10 | Letter from Leonard Horner, Manchester, to Lieutenant-Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 12 March 1851 |
| MC/5/5 | Letter from [Christian Charles Josias von] Bunsen, 9 Carlton Terrace, to L [Leonard] Horner | 22 February 1851 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MC/6/81 | Letter from Leonard Horner, apartments of the Geological Society, Somerset House, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 17 May 1860 |
| MC/6/13 | Letter from Leonard Horner, 17 Queen's Road West, Regent's Park, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 February 1859 |
| MC/6/64 | Letter from Leonard Horner, President of the Geological Society, Somerset House, to [Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie], President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 16 March 1860 |
| MC/6/65 | Letter from Leonard Horner, 17 Queen's Road West, Regent's Park, to Sir Benjamin [Collins] Brodie, President of the Royal Society | 17 March 1860 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |