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Authorised form of nameJeffreys; Julius (1800 - 1877)
Dates1800 - 1877
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHall Place, Kent, England
Date of birth14/16 September 1800
Place of deathRichmond, Surrey
Date of death13 May 1877
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
London Borough of Bexley (12 October 1800)
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityCareer:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/01/1841
SourceSources:
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 Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/51075130
CodeNA7028
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1841/01Jeffreys, Julius: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/4/104Letter from Julius Jeffreys, 25a Norfolk Crescent, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]9 December 1845
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
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