| Authorised form of name | Ellery; Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908) |
| Dates | 1827 - 1908 |
| Place of birth | Cranleigh, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 14 July 1827 |
| Date of death | 14/01/1908 |
| Activity | Career:
Trained for the medical profession, but went to Australia in search of gold (1851); took up astronomy; founded a Government Observatory, Williamstown; Superintendent, Geodetic Survey of the Colony of Victoria (1858-1874); Government Astronomer, Melbourne (1863-1895);
Honours:
CMG 1889
Memberships:
FRAS (1859); Royal Society of Victoria (President)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Relationships | Son of John Ellery, Surgeon, of Cranleigh.
Married: 1) (1853) daughter of Dr John Shields of Launceston, Tasmania (she died 1856); 2) (1858) Margaret, sister of his first wife |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909 vol 82 pp vi-x signed by H H T
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/63066279 |
| Royal Society code | NA6424 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| EC/1873/09 | Ellery, Robert Lewis John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/14/133 | Copy of report on the working of the Great Melbourne Telescope, by RLJ Ellery | 1870 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| NLB/25/487 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert John Lewis Ellery, Fellow of the Royal Society | 11 November 1902 |
| NLB/37/74 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons | 20 January 1908 |
| NLB/32/643 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert Lewis John Ellery, Fellow of the Royal Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | [26 April 1906] |
| NLB/32/652 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 30 April 1906 |
| NLB/37/118 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to H [Herbert] H [Hall] Turner FRS | 29 January 1908 |
| NLB/37/305 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Secretary, English Scottish & Austrailian Bank Ltd, 38 Lombard Street, EC | 28 February 1908 |
| MC/7/124 | Letter from Robert L J [Lewis John] Ellery, Directory of the Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne, Victoria, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London | 24 September 1864 |
| MC/7/186 | Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London | 24 March 1864 |
| MC/7/254 | Letter from Robt L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Melbourne Observatory, Victoria, Australia, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House | 25 August 1864 |
| MC/8/293 | Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Major General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], London | 4 January 1869 |