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Authorised form of nameCodrington; Sir; Edward (1770 - 1851)
Dates1770 - 1851
Date of birth27 April 1770
Date of death28 April 1851
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St Peter's Church, Eaton Square
ActivityCareer:
Entered the Royal Navy
Honours:
KCB 1815; GCB 1827; GCMG 1832
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/11/1822
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57398877
CodeNA6545
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1822/19Codrington, Sir Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/000907Codrington, Sir Edwardnd
AP/15/21/2Unpublished diagram, plane of the meridian by [Thomas Kerigan]28 January 1832
AP/15/21/1Unpublished manuscript, 'A method of deducing the longitude from the moon's right ascension' by Thos [Thomas] Kerigan28 January 1832
AP/15/21Unpublished paper, 'A method of deducing the longitude from the moon's right ascension' by Thos [Thomas] Kerigan28 January 1832
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