| Authorised form of name | Tristram; Henry Baker (1822 - 1906) |
| Dates | 1822 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Eglingham, Northumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 11 May 1822 |
| Place of death | Durham, County Durham |
| Date of death | 08/03/1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Graveyard, Durham Cathedral |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
Durham School (1837-1839); School at Lincoln College, Oxford (1839); Durham University (1840, for 2 terms); Lincoln College, Oxford, BA (1844), MA (1846). Honorary LLD (1868, Edinburgh) and (1896, St Andrews)
Career:
Deacon (1845); Priest (1846); Curate, Morchard Bishop, Devon (1845-1846); Acting Chaplain, Bermuda (1847-1849); Rector, Castle Eden, County Durham (1849-1860); Master of Greatham Hospital and Vicar, Greatham, Durham (1860-1873); Honorary Canon, Durham (1870); Canon, Durham (1873-1906); Proctor in Convocation for Archdeaconry of Durham (1874-1885); Proctor for Dean and Chapter, Durham Cathedral (1889-1900); worked for the Church Missionary Society; Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Province of Durham; Grand Chaplain, United Grand Lodge of England and Wales; helped to found the Universities Lodge, Durham; masonic lodge, Shildon named after him
Memberships:
FLS; CMZS; Tyneside Natural History Society |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
| Relationships | Son of Henry Baker Tristram, vicar of Eglingham, Northumberland; married (1850) Eleanor Mary Bowlby; one son, seven daughters; was a Freemason |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; [Reference 1]
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1908 vol 80 pp xliii-xliv signed by A G
References:
Brian J Ford, 'Shining through the centuries: John Ray's life and legacy. A report of the meeting "John Ray and his successors"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 5-22
FS Bodenheimer, 'Canon Henry Baker Tristram of Durham (1822-1906), reprinted from Durham University Journal (June 1957)
Notes:
E W Cooke has signed the election certificate twice |
| Code | NA7571 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/21/18 | Letter from Henry Baker Tristram to [AB Hewetson] | 19 September 1879 |
| IM/Maull/004653 | Tristram, Henry Baker | 1893 |
| IM/Maull/004656 | Tristram, Henry Baker | nd |
| NLB/32/482 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Reverend Canon William Greenwell, Fellow of the Royal Society, Durham | 19 March 1906 |
| RR/6/300 | Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by Henry Baker Tristram | 27 May 1868 |
| EC/1868/19 | Tristram, Henry Baker: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/6/299 | Referee's report by Joseph Dalton Hooker, on a paper 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by Henry Baker Tristram | 25 May 1868 |
| AP/50/15 | Unpublished paper, 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by [Henry Baker] Tristram | 1868 |