Authorised form of name | Jeffreys; Julius (1800 - 1877) |
Dates | 1800 - 1877 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Hall Place, Kent, England |
Date of birth | 14/16 September 1800 |
Place of death | Richmond, Surrey |
Date of death | 13 May 1877 |
DatesAndPlaces | Baptism: London Borough of Bexley (12 October 1800) |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Activity | Career: Entered HEIC Service (1822-1835); Staff Surgeon, Calcutta and Cawnpore, India (before 1840); retired (by 1840); inventor of the respirator (1835); invented improvements to sun blinds (1855, 1860, 1871); invented improvements in freezing and shipping of meats (1868)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 07/01/1841 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: TR gives birth date as 16 September 1800; Index to BR and DNB give birth year as 1801. References: "Striving for the Comfort Zone: A Perspective on Julius Jeffreys", Andrew and Judith Marshall, Windy Knoll Publications (2004) |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/51075130 |
Code | NA7028 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1841/01 | Jeffreys, Julius: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
MC/4/104 | Letter from Julius Jeffreys, 25a Norfolk Crescent, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 9 December 1845 |
MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |