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Authorised form of nameKing; Phillip Parker (1793 - 1856)
Dates1793 - 1856
NationalityAustralian
Place of birthNorfolk Island, Australia
Date of birth13 December 1793
Date of death26 February 1856
ActivityCareer:
Entered Royal Navy (1807) and saw active service; Lieutenant (1814); surveyed Australian Coast (1817); Commander (1821); returned to Britain (1823) and published his charts; surveyed South American coast from Rio Plata to Tierra del Fuego (1825-1830); settled in Sydney; manager of the Australian Agricultural Society; member of the Legislative Council; Rear Admiral on the retired list (1855)
Memberships:
Australian Agricultural Society (Manager)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election26/02/1824
RelationshipsSon of Captain Philip Gidley King, first governor of Norfolk Island and governor of New South Wales; married; children
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7493
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1823/21King, Phillip Parker: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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