| Authorised form of name | Ross; Sir; James Clark (1800 - 1862) |
| Surname | Ross |
| Forenames | James Clark |
| Dates | 1800 - 1862 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (15 April 1800)
Death:
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (03 April 1862) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Polar navigation, geomagnetism
Honours:
Kt 1843
Memberships:
FLS |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
11/12/1828
Council:
VP 1844-1845, 1856-1857 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp lxi-lxiii
References:
G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
E Murphy, 'A mad house transformed: the lives and work of Charles James Beverly FRS (1788-1868) and John Warburton MD FRS (1795-1847)' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 267 - 281 |
| Royal Society code | NA7948 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/003885 | Ross, Sir James Clark | nd |
| MS/237 | Log of the Proceedings on board HMS Fury on a voyage for the discovery of the North West Passage | 1824-1825 |
| MM/11/140 | Letter from Martyn Roberts, St James's Street, to Sir James Clerk Ross | 3 July 1839 |
| AP/25/12 | Atmospheric Tides | 1841 |
| MM/19/95 | Letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross | 7 November 1854 |
| MM/14/36 | 'Extract from the Instructions to Captain James Ross 14th September 1839', Admiralty | 1839 |
| MM/19/93 | Copies of Referee's Reports on a paper of Sir James Clark Ross | 1854 |
| MM/19/94 | Letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross | 3 November 1854 |
| MM/19/92 | Copy of letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross | 27 October 1854 |
| IM/Maull/003886 | Ross, Sir James Clark | nd |
| MM/10/182 | 'Geological Remarks on Kerguelen's Land' by Robert McCormick | 1841 |
| MM/10/186 | 'Plants from Kerguelen's Land collected in May June & July 1840' and 'Plants from St Helena February 1840', by John Robertson | 1840 |
| MM/25/2 | Letter from Sir James Clark Ross, Athenaeum, to [Sir John] Richardson | c.1847 |
| IM/005733 | Ross, Sir James Clark | nd |
| MM/10/184 | 'On the Birds of Kerguelen' by Robert McCormick | 1841 |
| RR/2/207 | Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the effect of the pressure of the atmosphere on the mean level of the ocean' by James Clark Ross | 15 July 1854 |
| DM/3/1 | Note on a Report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology, 'on the propriety of recommending the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories' | c.1840 |
| MC/4/1 | Copy letter to W J Hooker from Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto | 4 January 1844 |
| RR/3/172 | Referee's report by James Clark Ross on an unnamed paper attributed to Henry Welchman King | 6 July 1857 |
| AP/19/21 | On the portable Position of the South Magnetic Pole | 1835 |
| DM/3/3 | Letter from Trevelyan, Treasury, to J W Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society | 18 December 1840 |
| DM/3/2 | Draft of a report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology, 'on the propriety of recommending the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories' | January 1839 |
| HS/14 | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous | 1810-1871 |
| MS/426/396 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lords of the Admiralty | 17 November 1849 |
| CMP/1/2 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 13 December 1832 |
| EC/1828/28 | Ross, Sir James Clark: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/15/6 | List of letters to Sir JC Ross in the collection of Sir Edward Sabine's correspondence | |
| MM/10/185 | 'Catalogue of Birds collected on board HM Sloop the Terror, between the Cape of Good Hope & Van Diemen's Land', by John Robertson | 10 September 1840 |
| IM/003887 | Ross, Sir James Clark | nd |
| RR/2/208 | Referee's report by John Lubbock, on a paper 'On the effect of the pressure of the atmosphere on the mean level of the ocean' by James Clark Ross | 25 July 1854 |
| MS/426/278 | Copy of the Memorial from Joseph H [Henry] Kay, Lieut R N, Director of the Magnetic Observatory; to the President of the Royal Society | 30 November 1846 |
| DM/3 | Domestic Manuscripts Volume 3 | 1782-1841 |
| IM/003889 | Ross, Sir John and Sir James Clark | 2001 |
| MM/10/183 | 'Catalogue of Geological Specimens procured at Kerguelen during the months of May, June & July 1840' by John Robertson | 1840 |