| Authorised form of name | Berkeley; Miles Joseph (1803 - 1889) |
| Dates | 1803 - 1889 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Biggin, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, England |
| Date of birth | 01 April 1803 |
| Place of death | His vicarage, Sibbertoft, near Market Harborough |
| Date of death | 30 July 1889 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Mycology |
| Activity | Education:
Rugby School; Christ's College, Cambridge. BA (1825), MA (1828)
Career:
Ordained (1826); Curate, St John's, Margate, Kent (1829); Perpetual Curate, Apethorpe and Wood Newton, Northamptonshire (1833); was on the Government Commission on the potato disease (1845); Vicar of Sibbertoft (1868)
Memberships:
FLS (1836)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1879 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1863 |
| Relationships | Son of Charles Berkeley |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp ix-xii signed by J D H |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56659315 |
| Royal Society code | NA6479 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/9/21 | Letter from J D Hooker, Royal Society, to Rev Miles Berkeley | 5 November 1863 |
| MS/682/5 | Letter from Miles Joseph Berkeley, King's Cliff, Wansford, to James De Carle Sowerby, Pratt Street, Camden Town, London | 2 September 1840 |
| MS/682/4 | Letter from Miles Joseph Berkeley, King's Cliff, Wansford, to James De Carle Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town, London | 23 March 1837 |
| NLB/3/655 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Harrison & Sons | 1 August 1889 |
| RR/9/98 | Referee's report by Miles Joseph Berkeley, on a paper 'On the morphology and the development of the meliola, a genus of tropical epiphyllous fungi' by Harry Marshall Ward | 13 December 1882 |
| RR/9/193 | Referee's report by Miles Joseph Berkeley, on a paper 'On the morphology and the development of the meliola, a genus of tropical epiphyllous fungi' by Harry Marshall Ward | 13 February 1883 |
| EC/1879/03 | Berkeley, Miles Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/363 | Letter from C B [Charles Beaumont] Phipps, Windsor Castle, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 November 1863 |
| MC/11/395 | Letter from M J [Miles Joseph] Berkeley, 2 Dartmouth Road, Blackheath, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | c. June 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |