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Authorised form of namePearson; William (1767 - 1847)
Dates1767 - 1847
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWhitbeck, Cumberland, England
Date of birth23 April 1767
Place of deathSouth Kilworth, Leicestershire
Date of death06 September 1847
ActivityEducation:
LLD
Career:
Clergyman
Memberships:
MRI
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/07/1819
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 p 712
References:
A W Skempton and Joyce Brown, 'John and Edward Troughton, Mathematical Instrument Makers' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 233-262
Notes:
Citation reads "...residing at the Observatory,...personal knowledge of his qualifications...", "the Observatory," & "of his qualifications" having been deliberately obscured.
CodeNA6517
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1819/11Pearson, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/143Letter from William Pearson, 6 Compton Terrace, Islington, to [Sir Humphry Davy], President of the Royal Society12 April 1826
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