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Authorised form of nameAlderson; Sir; James (1794 - 1882)
Dates1794 - 1882
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHull, England
Date of birth30 December 1794
Date of death13 September 1882
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
MA; MD
Career:
Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge (before 1841)
Honours:
Kt 1869
Memberships:
Philosophical and Literary Society of Hull
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/06/1841
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1882-1883 vol 34 pp vi-vii
Notes:
Proposers: '& from' written in by hand
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/39767813
CodeNA7320
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1841/31Alderson, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/19/64Letter from James Alderson to William Sharpey17 February 1874
AP/23/1/2Unpublished figure, 'Umbilicus of a girl of color' by James Alderson[June] 1839
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
MC/8/438Letter from Jas [James] Alderson, 17 Berkeley Square, to Sir Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society1 November 1869
AP/23/1Unpublished paper, 'On the difference of color in different parts of the bodies of animals' by James Alderson[June] 1839
AP/23/1/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the difference of color in different parts of the bodies of animals' by James Alderson[June] 1839
AP/23/1/3Unpublished figure, 'Sketch from nature, of a Hyperoodon' by James Alderson[June] 1839
AP/27/18/1Unpublished manuscript, regarding a self-registering thermometer by Mansfield Harrison1845
AP/27/18Unpublished paper, regarding a self-registering thermometer by Mansfield Harrison1845
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
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