| Authorised form of name | Flight; Walter (1841 - 1885) |
| Dates | 1841 - 1885 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Date of birth | 21 January 1841 |
| Date of death | 04 November 1885 |
| Research field | Mineralogy |
| Meteorites |
| Activity | Education:
Queenwood College, Hampshire. University of Halle; University of Heidelberg; University of Berlin. DSc (London)
Career:
Studied abroad (1863-1867); returned to England (1867); Assistant, Mineralogical Department, British Museum; Examiner in Chemistry and Physics, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Assistant Examiner in Chemistry, University of London; member, Luminous Meteor Committee, British Association for the Advancement of Science; resigned due to illness
Memberships:
FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1883 |
| Relationships | Son of William P Flight of Winchester; married (1880) Kate, daughter of Dr Fell of Ambleside |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
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| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/108097302 |
| Royal Society code | NA6652 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RR/9/24 | Letter from Walter Flight, on his paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 March 1882 |
| RR/9/26 | Letter from Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 23 June 1882 |
| NLB/3/212 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 10 April 1889 |
| RR/9/20 | Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight | 9 March 1882 |
| RR/9/21 | Referee's report by Henry Enfield Roscoe, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight | 4 March 1882 |
| EC/1883/07 | Flight, Walter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/9/25 | Referee's report by Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight | 15 April 1882 |
| RR/9/23 | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight to the author | 17 March 1882 |
| AP/62/6/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Description of parts of a human skeleton from Pleistocene (Paleolithic) bed, Tilbury, Essex [England]' by Richard Owen | 1883 |
| MC/10/475 | Letter from Walter Flight, Mineral Department, British Museum, to Professor T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 December 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| AP/61/8 | Unpublished photograph, 'The Cranbourne meteorite' by Walter Flight | 1882 |
| AP/62/6 | Unpublished paper, 'Description of parts of a human skeleton from Pleistocene (Paleolithic) bed, Tilbury, Essex [England]' by Richard Owen | 1883 |
| PP/3/25 | Paper, 'Examination of the meteorite which fell on the 16th February, 1883, at Alfianello, in the district of Verolannova, in the province of Brescia, Italy' by Walter Flight | 1883 |
| RR/9/22 | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight to the author | 14 March 1882 |
| MC/14/57 | Letter from Sir William Henry Flower, British Museum, South Kensington, to [Thomas Henry] Huxley | 30 June 1885 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |