| Authorised form of name | Parry; Sir; William Edward (1790 - 1855) |
| Dates | 1790 - 1855 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1790 |
| Place of death | Ems, Germany |
| Date of death | 08 or 09 July 1855 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Mausoleum of Greenwich hospital burial-ground, London |
| Activity | Career:
Entered Royal Navy, reaching rank of Rear Admiral; arctic explorer; Controller of the Steam Department, Royal Navy
Honours:
Kt 1829
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/02/1821 |
| Relationships | Son of Caleb Hillier Parry (FRS 1800); younger brother of Charles Henry Parry (FRS 1812); brother-in-law of Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (FRS 1812); uncle of Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot (FRS 1863) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1854-1855 vol 7 pp 603-612
Notes:
Earlier date of death from DNB (index to BR says that this is the inaccurate one). Biography by A Parry (1963). |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/41830721 |
| Code | NA7481 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1820/21 | Parry, Sir William Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003439 | Parry, Sir William Edward | nd |
| IM/003438 | Parry, Sir William Edward | nd |
| DM/3/124 | Letter from WE Parry, Admiralty, to Sir Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society | 25 July 1826 |
| DM/3/122 | Letter from WE Parry, Admiralty, to John Barrow, Admiralty | 10 January 1826 |
| DM/3/121 | Letter from WE Parry, Admiralty, to Sir Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society | 6 April 1826 |
| DM/3/148 | 'Should it be conversant to Captain Foster, the longitudes of the following points may be determined, in addition to those mentioned in the proposed track" | 1828 |
| PT/73/7/12 | Drawings, improved machine for sampling seawater at depth by [TP and LFM] | [1819] |