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Authorised form of nameSelwyn; William (1806 - 1875)
Dates1806 - 1875
NationalityBritish
Date of birth19 February 1806
Place of deathCambridgeshire
Date of death24 April 1875
Dates and placesBurial:
Ely
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityEducation:
Eton; St John's College, Cambridge. BA (1828), MA (1831), BD (1850), DD (1864)
Career:
Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge (1829); ordained deacon (1829); ordained Priest (1831); Rector of Branstone, Leicestershire (1831); Canon of Ely (1833-1875); Vicar of Melbourne, Cambridgeshire (1846-1853); Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge (1855); died from causes sustained in a fall from his horse
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1866
RelationshipsEldest son of William Selwyn QC (1775-1855) and his wife Laetitia, daughter of Thomas Kynaston of Witham, Essex; married (1832) Juliana Elizabeth, daughter of George Cooke of Carr House, Doncaster; brother-in-law of George Peacock (FRS 1818)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/68512094
Royal Society codeNA6278
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1866/14Selwyn, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/7/32Letter from William Selwyn, Vine Cottage, Cambridge, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]16 March 1864
MC/7/76Letter from William Selwyn, Hoxton Royston, to the Royal Society25 May 1864
MC/7/95Letter from William Selwyn, Ely, to General [Edward] Sabine, President of the Royal Society and to the Council15 June 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/10/364Letter from J E [Juliana Elizabeth] Selwyn, Cambridge, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]11 March 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
HSF/1/2/62Letter from William Selwyn, Richmond, Surrey, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]11 May 1863
HS/24/289Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood1869-10
HS/15/515Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel1861
HS/15/500Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston15 April 1868
HS/15/516Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel5? March 1866
HS/15/517Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel25? April? 1870
HS/15/479Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge3 March 1866
HS/15/514Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn1869-11?
HS/15/465Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine College, Cambridge19 March 1861
HS/15/507Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston25 April 1870
HS/15/463Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge26 March 1860
HS/15/474Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at College, Ely29 December 1864
HS/15/501Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston29 May 1868
HS/15/510Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston16 June 1870
HS/15/482Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge6 March 1866
HS/15/509Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston11 June 1870
HS/15/511Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston24 June 1870
HS/15/483Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge6 March 1866
HS/15/518Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel1867 or after
HS/15/472Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston18 October 1862
HS/15/488Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge13 December 1866
HS/15/486Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston4 April 1866
HS/15/466Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge27 April 1861
HS/15/491Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston24 January 1867
HS/15/475Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge25 February 1866
HS/15/502Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston29 July 1868
HS/15/471Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood16 October 1862
HS/15/468Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston11 January 1862
HS/15/494Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge11 November 1867
HS/15/487Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at College, Ely17 August 1866
HS/15/503Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston29 September 1868
HS/15/495Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge7 December 1867
HS/15/498Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge3 March 1868
HS/15/504Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge24 October 1868
HS/15/473Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at College, Ely26 January 1863
HS/15/505Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston16 October 1869
HS/15/469Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston12 August 1862
HS/15/493Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge12 October 1867
HS/15/496Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at College, Ely28 December 1867
HS/15/492Incomplete letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Broomfield, Salop22 August 1867
HS/15/470Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston8 October 1862
HS/15/464Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge6 December 1860
HS/15/506Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston27 October 1869
HS/15/467Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge20 November 1861
HS/24/310Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood2 May 1870
HS/15/513Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston1870
HS/15/484Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge8 March 1866
HS/15/480Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge4 March 1866
HS/15/497Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge5 February 1868
HS/15/476Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge27 February 1866
HS/15/499Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston3 April 1868
HS/15/481Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge5 March 1866
HS/15/508Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston11 May 1870
HS/15/512Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston2 September 1870
HS/15/478Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge2 March 1866
HS/23/349Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood22 November 1861
HS/24/212Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood21 February 1868
HS/24/150Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood2 April 1866
HS/24/222Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Chesham Street1 August 1868
HS/24/143Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood26 February 1866
HS/24/147Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood7 March 1866
HS/24/292Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood3 November 1869
HS/24/329Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood31 August 1870
HS/24/234Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood23 October 1868
HS/24/228Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood26 September 1868
HS/24/313Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood12 May 1870
HS/15/462Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge10 November 1858
HS/24/164Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood20 August 1866
HS/24/330Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood4 September 1870
HS/24/183Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood17 January 1867
HS/24/320Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood17 June 1870
HS/24/304Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood23 April 1870
HS/24/288Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood23 October 1869
HS/24/181Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood14 December 1866
HS/24/146Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood5 March 1866
HS/24/309Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood30 April 1870
HS/24/80Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood1 January 1865
HS/24/151Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood6 April 1866
HS/15/477Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Vine Cottage, Cambridge1 March 1866
HS/15/485Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston29 March 1866
HS/15/489Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton Royston15 January 1867
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