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Authorised form of nameTaylor; Thomas Glanville (1804 - 1848)
Dates1804 - 1848
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAshburton, Devon, England
Date of birth22 November 1804
Place of deathSouthampton, Hampshire
Date of death04 May 1848
ActivityCareer:
Astronomer to the HEIC, Madras (by 1841); died from the effects of an accident caused by his shortness of sight, while staying at the Trevandrum Observatory.
Memberships:
FRAS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/02/1842
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/20452600
CodeNA7303
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MC/3/144Letter from [Thomas Glanville] Taylor, 17 Melbury Terrace, Dorset Square, to the Secretary of the Society9 March 1841
MC/1/199Letter from [Thomas Glanville] Taylor, Royal Observatory, to [William] Hardy, 5 Wood Street, Coppice Row, Spa Field24 February 1830
MC/1/243Letter from Sir John Barrow, [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to William Thomas Brande7 July 1830
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
EC/1842/08Taylor, Thomas Glanville: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/257/5/4Letter from Thomas Glanville Taylor, Madras Observatory, [Chennai] to Edward Sabine13 September 1845
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