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Authorised form of nameWashington; John (? 1800 - 1863)
Dates? 1800 - 1863
Date of birth1800 or 01 January 1801
Place of deathHavre, France
Date of death16 September 1863
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the Protestant cemetery in Havre, France
ActivityCareer:
Captain, Royal Navy; served on board HM Surveying Vessel Blazer (1845)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/02/1845
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1863-1864 vol 13 pp vii-viii
Notes:
Boase gives birth date as 01 January 1801.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/32766293
CodeNA7636
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EC/1845/08Washington, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/4/86Letter from John Washington, on a paper 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship 'Great Eastern'' by Frederick John Evans7 May 1860
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/73Letter from John Washington, [secretary of the] Royal Geographical Society, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society 11 March 1840
MS/257/5/51Letter from John Washington, [Admiralty] to Edward Sabine3 August 1861
MS/257/5/48Letter from John Washington, [Admiralty] to Edward Sabine15 April 1854
MS/257/5/49Letter from John Washington, [Admiralty] to Edward Sabine12 December 1855
AP/39/17Unpublished paper, 'Description of a chronometer compass' by Ralph Reeder1857
MS/257/5/47Letter from John Washington, Woolwich to Edward Sabine22 March 1854
MS/257/5/52Letter from John Washington, Havre to Edward Sabine3 September 1862
MS/257/5/50Letter from John Washington, [Admiralty] to Edward Sabine26 January 1859
PT/61/5Paper, 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron built ships, and a selection of the wood built steam ships in H M [Her Majesty's] Navy; and the iron steam ship Great Eastern: being a report to the hydrographer of the Admiralty' by Frederick J [John Owen] Evans19 April 1860
MA/73Meteorological observations at Harwich, England, by John Washington and others21-22 December 1841
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