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Authorised form of nameBrayley; Edward William (1802 - 1870); scientific writer
Dates1802 - 1870
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth1802
Place of deathLondon
Date of death01 February 1870
ActivityCareer:
Librarian, London Institution
Memberships:
FLS; FGS; FCS; AICE; American Philosophical Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1854
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Boase gives 1801 as year of birth.
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10628381
Royal Society codeNA7678
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1854/02Brayley, Edward William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/6/21Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy' by Edward William Brayleynd [1867]
MC/8/220Letter from E W [Edward William] Brayley, Royal Institution, Finsbury Circus, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society17 June 1868
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MC/4/127Letter from Edward William Brayley, London Institution, Finsbury Circus, to [William Robert] Grove 18 February 1846
MC/4/206Letter from [Edward William] Brayley, London Institution, Finsbury Circus, to [Charles Richard] Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society20 January 1848
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
MC/7/190Letter from E W [Edward William] Brayley, London Institution, Finsbury Circus, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]28 March 1865
MC/7/193Letter from E W [Edward William] Brayley, London Institution, Finsbury Circus, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]30 March 1865
MC/7/231Letter from E W [Edward William] Brayley, London Institution, Finsbury Circus, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]15 June 1865
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
HS/4/231Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution25 March 1865
HS/4/230Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution21 December 1864
HS/4/217Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution28 February 1856
AP/47/1Unpublished paper, 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy' by E W [Edward William] Brayley
1865
AP/47/1/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy' by E W [Edward William] Brayley1865
AP/49/1Unpublished paper, 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy. Second series' by E W [Edward William] Brayley1867
AP/47/1/2Unpublished letter, regarding 'Inferences and suggestions in cosmical and geological philosophy' from E W [Edward William] Brayley to [William] Sharpey22 February 1865
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
HS/4/239Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hinckleyundated
HS/4/238Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hinckley1869
HS/4/234Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution8 March 1866
HS/4/224Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel5 July 1862
HS/4/228Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution29 November 1864
HS/4/236Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution7 March 1868
HS/4/233Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution24 November 1865
HS/4/221Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution7 June 1862
HS/4/215Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution25 March 1845
HS/23/164Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood12 December 1855
HS/4/229Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley7 December 1864
HS/24/101Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood26 March 1865
HS/24/131Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood4 December 1865
HS/4/240Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hinckleyundated
HS/4/225Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution25 July 1862
HS/4/232Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution31 March 1865
HS/24/1Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood1 January 1863
HS/24/284Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood5 October 1869
HS/4/223Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood3 July 1862
HS/4/227Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution18 December 1863
HS/4/216Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution18 December 1855
HS/4/218Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution3 March 1859
HS/4/219Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution7 March 1859
HS/4/220Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution8 April 1859
HS/4/222Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Southgate Road28 June 1862
HS/4/226Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution31 December 1862
HS/4/235Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution20 December 1867
HS/4/237Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution2 October 1869
HS/23/381Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood3 July 1862
MC/1/198Letter from [Edward William] Brayley, Bruce Castle, Tottenham, to Captain Edward Sabine, Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1830
HS/24/75Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley7 December 1864
HS/23/256Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward William Brayley, dated at Collingwood6 March 1859
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