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Authorised form of nameDisney; John (1779 - 1857)
Dates1779 - 1857
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFlintham Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of birth29 May 1779
Place of deathThe Hyde, near Ingatestone, Essex
Date of death06 May 1857
OccupationBarrister
ActivityCareer:
Founded the University Chair of Archaeology at Cambridge
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1832
RelationshipsSon of Rev John Disney DD, Unitarian Minister, who inherited both the Hyde, Ingatestone and Corscombe estate, Devon from Thomas Brand-Hollis (FRS 1756)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7541
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1832/17Disney, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/001159Disney, Johnnd
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