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Authorised form of nameWilson; George Fergusson (1822 - 1902)
Dates1822 - 1902
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWandsworth Common, London, England
Date of birth25 March 1822
Place of deathWeybridge Heath, Surrey
Date of death28/03/1902
ActivityCareer:
Managing Director, Price's Patent Candle Company.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1855
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 183-184 signed by M T M
Notes:
Thomas Sopwith has signed the election certificate twice
CodeNA6399
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/2/878Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George Fergusson Wilson, Fellow of the Royal Society3 December 1888
EC/1855/15Wilson, George Fergusson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/11/280Letter from George F [Fergusson] Wilson, Heatherbank, Weybridge Heath, to W [William] Spottiswoode, Treasurer of the Royal Society9 December 1878
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
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