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Authorised form of nameDobson; George Edward (1848 - 1895)
Dates1848 - 1895
Place of birthEdgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland
Date of birth04 September 1848
Date of death26 November 1895
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
West Malling, Kent
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldEntomology
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Dublin. BA (1866), MB and MCh (1867), MA (1875)
Career:
Surgeon, Medical Department, British Army; served in India; Surgeon Major (by 1880); retired (1888)
Memberships:
FLS (1874); FZS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1883
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1895-1896 vol 59 pp xv-xvii signed by W H F
CodeNA6651
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1883/04Dobson, George Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/17/130Letter from GE Dobson, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society5 June 1880
NLB/3/447Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George Gabriel Stokes, President of the Royal Society12 June 1889
NLB/3/465Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr [George Edward] Dobson, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1889
NLB/12/48Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons[27 November 1895]
NLB/11/559Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons23 July 1895
NLB/12/283Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons[22 January 1896]
NLB/13/478Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr George Edward Dobson, Fellow of the Royal Society24 September 1896
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