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Authorised form of nameBastian; Henry Charlton (1837 - 1915)
Dates1837 - 1915
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTruro, Cornwall, England
Date of birth26 April 1837
Place of deathChesham Bois, Buckinghamshire
Date of death17/11/1915
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldNeurology
Bacteriology
ActivityEducation:
University College, London. MD (1866)
Career:
Physician, University College Hospital; Professor of Clinical Medicine, University College Medical School, London; Lecturer on Pathological Anatomy; Assistant Physician, St Mary's Hospital, London (by 1867); Assistant Physician, National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic (1868), then Physician (1887); supported heterogenesis; received a Civil List pension (1914)
Memberships:
FLS; FRCP (1879)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1868
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1915-1917 vol 89 pp xxi-xxiv signed by F W M
References:
J W Haas, 'The Reverend Dr William Henry Dallinger, FRS (1839-1909)' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 53-65
B Heap, 'From the dust of the Earth? Things come to life: spontaneous generation revisited by Henry Harris' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 107-108
Notes:
Birth date given is taken from DNB; index to BR gives 17 Nov 1837 which has possibly been confused with the death date.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/68975427
CodeNA6499
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1868/07Bastian, Henry Charlton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/000281Bastian, Henry Charltonnd
NLB/35/765Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons12 July 1907
NLB/5/288Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, 45 St Martins Lane29 April 1891
NLB/3/727Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons24 September 1889
NLB/11/86Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Mr Collings 172 Strand19 April 1895
RR/15/300Second referee's report by John Bretland Farmer, on a paper 'The relations between certain diatoms & the fission products of a parasitic alga (Chlorochytrium)' by Henry Charlton Bastian19 January 1903
RR/15/299Referee's report by John Bretland Farmer, on a paper 'The relations between certain diatoms & the fission products of a parasitic alga (Chlorochytrium)' by Henry Charlton Bastian14 November 1902
RR/16/262Referee's report by John Bretland Farmer, on a paper 'Note on the free growth of bacteria & some torulae in a solution of neutral ammonia tartrate in distilled water' by Dr Henry Charlton Bastian20 May 1905
RR/18/7Referee's report by Francis Darwin, on a paper 'Further experiments on the origin of life question with certain superheated saline solutions' by Henry Charlton Bastian24 October 1910
RR/16/260Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'The heterogenetic origin of certain ciliated infusoria from the eggs of a rotifer' by Henry Charlton Bastian27 February 1905
NLB/16/531Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr H Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society26 April 1898
NLB/21/181Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society20 September 1900
NLB/23/2/291Copy letter sent from Joseph Larmor, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society26 January 1903
NLB/23/2/192Copy letter from unknown correspondent, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society17 April 1902
NLB/24/227Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to Henry Charlton Bastian, [Fellow of the Royal Society]3 April 1902
NLB/24/536Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to [Henry Charlton] Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society30 May 1902
NLB/26/214Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society11 February 1903
NLB/26/206Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to, Dr [Henry Charlton] Bastian, [Fellow of the Royal Society]10 February 1903
NLB/28/48Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison] to the Chairman of the Zoology Committee23 December 1903
NLB/28/121Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison], to Sir Archibald Geikie, Secretary to the Royal Society13 January 1904
NLB/28/142Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society16 January 1904
NLB/30/350Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, [Fellow of the Royal Society]10 March 1905
NLB/30/884Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1905
NLB/35/198Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr Henry Carlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society30 April 1907
NLB/43/263Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society2 December 1910
NLB/52/373Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs Harrison & Sons19 November 1915
NLB/52/463Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Frederick Walker Mott, FRS; 25 Nottingham Place, W.15 December 1915
NLB/52/416Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Henry Head, FRS2 December 1915
RR/8/169Referee's report by Henry Charlton Bastian, on a paper 'Researches on the comparative structure of the cortex cerebri' by William Bevan Lewis28 July 1879
AP/60/4/4Unpublished letter, regarding 'Experimental researches on the temperature of the head' from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian to T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley11 April 1878
RR/16/263Letter from Henry Charlton Bastian, on his paper 'On the occurrence of certain ciliated Infusoria within the eggs of a Rotifer, considered from the point of view of heterogenesis' to Archibald Geikie12 June 1905
NLB/30/765Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society19 May 1905
NLB/16/53Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor T Clifford Allbutt, Fellow of the Royal Society21 January 1898
NLB/3/916List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows8 November 1889
RR/16/261Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'The heterogenetic origin of certain ciliated Infusoria from the eggs of a rotifer' by Henry Charlton BastianMarch 1905
AP/76/7Unpublished paper, 'On the heterogenetic origin of certain ciliated infusoria from the eggs of a rotifer' by H [Henry] Charlton Bastian1905
NLB/28/116Copy letter from Secretary of the Royal Society [Sir Archibald Geikie], to Dr Henry Charlton Bastian, Fellow of the Royal Society19 January 1904
NLB/30/857Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr [Henry Charlton] Bastian, [Fellow of the Royal Society]1 June 1905
NLB/30/871Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr [Henry Charlton] Bastian, [Fellow of the Royal Society]5 June 1905
AP/58/8/2Unpublished diagrams, experimental equipment by Henry Charlton Bastian1876
RR/6/18Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the nematoids, parasitic and free; with observations on their zoological position and affinities to the echinoderms' by Henry Charlton Bastian13 April 1866
NLB/30New Letter Book volume 30, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration14 January 1905-6 June 1905
AP/51/9Unpublished paper, 'The physiological action of atropine, digitaline, and aconitine on the heart and blood vessels of the frog' by Frederic B Nunneley1869
MC/9/129Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society17 October 1870
MC/9/133Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society2 November 1870
MC/9/484Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society31 January 1873
MC/9/545Draft letter from T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London, to Dr [Henry Charlton] Bastian5 May 1873
MC/9/543Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society2 May 1873
MC/9/551Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 81 Avenue Road, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society11 May 1873
MC/9/555Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society18 May 1873
MC/9/587Draft letter from T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London, to Dr [Henry Charlton] Bastian19 June 1873
MC/9/557Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society19 May 1873
MC/9/553Letter from H [Henry] Charlton Bastian, 20 Queen Anne Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society14 May 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
AP/60/4Unpublished paper, 'Experimental researches on the temperature of the head' by J S Lombard1878
RR/6/37Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the nematoids, parasitic and free; with observations on their zoological position and affinities to the echinoderms' by Henry Charlton Bastian23 April 1866
RR/5/9Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the anatomy and physiology of the nematoids, parasitic and free; with observations on their zoological position and affinities to the echinoderms' by Henry Charlton Bastian30 October 1865
AP/58/8/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Researches illustrative of the physico-chemical theory of fermentation and of the conditions favouring archebiosis in previously boiled fluids. Part I' by H [Henry] Charlton Bastian1876
AP/58/8Unpublished paper, 'Researches illustrative of the physico-chemical theory of fermentation and of the conditions favouring archebiosis in previously boiled fluids. Part I' by H [Henry] Charlton Bastian1876
RR/16/264Referee's report by Percy Faraday Frankland, on a paper 'Note on the free growth of bacteria & some torulae in a solution of neutral ammonia tartrate in distilled water' by Dr Henry Charlton Bastian21 June 1905
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