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Authorised form of nameHenry; William Charles (1804 - 1892)
Dates1804 - 1892
Date of birth31 March 1804
Date of death07 January 1892
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
MD (Edinburgh, 1827); Sorbonne
Career:
Physician to Manchester Infirmary (1828-1835)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/04/1834
RelationshipsSon of William Henry FRS (1809); grandson of Thomas Henry FRS (1775)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1893 vol 54 pp xix signed by M F
References:
R W Jones, 'Dalton's unfortunate choice' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 15-33
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/8146890
CodeNA7552
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/5/1197Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons25 January 1892
NLB/8/741Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society15 December 1893
EC/1834/18Henry, William Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/15/7Unpublished paper, 'A critical and experimental enquiry into the relations subsisting between nerve and muscle' by Wm [William] Charles Henry[1831]
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