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Authorised form of nameBarlow; Peter William (1809 - 1885)
Dates1809 - 1885
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWoolwich, England
Date of birth01 February 1809
Place of death56 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill
Date of death19 May 1885
OccupationCivil engineer
ActivityMemberships:
MICE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/11/1845
RelationshipsElder son of Peter Barlow (FRS 1823); brother of William Henry Barlow (FRS 1850)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1884-1885 vol 38 pp xxxix-xl signed by W H B
Notes:
Boase gives year of birth as 1800 and death date as 20 May.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/19614869
CodeNA7638
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MC/19/40Letter from Crawford Barlow, Fordwich House, Fordwich, Kent, to the Secretary of the Royal Society5 March 1904
IM/005529Barlow, Peter William1862
IM/Maull/000250Barlow, Peter Williamnd
EC/1845/21Barlow, Peter William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/24/1Paper, 'Experimental researches into the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials' by Eaton Hodgkinson[1840]
PT/24/1/2Plate, cast iron bar bent by pressure by Eaton Hodgkinson[1840]
PT/24/1/1Manuscript, 'Experimental researches into the strength of pillars of cast iron, and other materials' by Eaton Hodgkinson[1840]
PT/74/1/3Diagrams, paddle wheels and floats by [Peter William Barlow][1834]
MC/7/152Letter from Peter W [William] Barlow, Paragon, Blackheath, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]7 December 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
AP/40/17Unpublished paper, 'On the practical use of the aneroid barometer as an orometer' by W S [William Scarth] MoorsomJanuary 1858
AP/40/17/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the practical use of the aneroid barometer as an orometer' by W S [William Scarth] MoorsomJanuary 1858
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
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