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Authorised form of nameRoss; Sir; James Clark (1800 - 1862)
Dates1800 - 1862
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth15 April 1800
Place of deathAylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Date of death03 April 1862
Research fieldPolar navigation
Geomagnetism
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1843
Memberships:
FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/12/1828
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1844-1845, 1856-1857
SourcesSources:
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
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/295803503
Royal Society codeNA7948
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MS/119/1/51Letter from James Clark Ross, Wadworth Hall, Doncaster to Humphrey Lloyd7 March 1859
IM/Maull/003885Ross, Sir James Clarknd
MS/237Log of the Proceedings on board HMS Fury on a voyage for the discovery of the North West Passage1824-1825
MM/11/140Letter from Martyn Roberts, St James's Street, to Sir James Clerk Ross3 July 1839
MM/19/95Letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross7 November 1854
MM/14/36'Extract from the Instructions to Captain James Ross 14th September 1839', Admiralty1839
MS/257/2/313Letter from William Hume Hooper to [James Clark] Ross, ['HMS Fury'][c.1848]
MM/19/93Copies of Referee's Reports on a paper of Sir James Clark Ross1854
MM/19/94Letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross3 November 1854
MM/19/92Copy of letter from William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society, to James Clark Ross27 October 1854
IM/Maull/003886Ross, Sir James Clarknd
MM/10/182'Geological Remarks on Kerguelen's Land' by Robert McCormick1841
MM/10/186'Plants from Kerguelen's Land collected in May June & July 1840' and 'Plants from St Helena February 1840', by John Robertson1840
MS/257/2/218Letter from George Gipps, Sydney to [James Clark] Ross8 August 1841
MS/257/3/351Letter from James Clark Ross,'HMS Circe', Sheerness to Edward Sabine19 February 1836
MM/25/2Letter from Sir James Clark Ross, Athenaeum, to [Sir John] Richardsonc.1847
IM/005733Ross, Sir James Clarknd
MC/3/38Letter from [Sir Charles] Wood, Admiralty, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]30 July 1839
MM/10/184'On the Birds of Kerguelen' by Robert McCormick1841
MS/257/2/314Letter from William Hume Hooper to [James Clark] Ross, ['HMS Fury']19 September [c.1848]
MS/257/4/18Letter from Edward Sabine, London to [James Clark] Ross9 October 1840
RR/2/207Referee'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 Ross15 July 1854
MS/119/1/68Letter from James Clark Ross to Humphrey Lloyd[1839]
DM/3/1Note on a Report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology, 'on the propriety of recommending the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories'c.1840
MS/257/3/100Letter from [William John] Macleay, Sydney to [James Clark] Ross13 October 1841
RR/3/172Referee's report by James Clark Ross on an unnamed paper attributed to Henry Welchman King6 July 1857
DM/3/3Letter from Trevelyan, Treasury, to J W Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society18 December 1840
DM/3/2Draft of a report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology, 'on the propriety of recommending the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories' January 1839
RR/2/208Referee'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 Ross25 July 1854
MS/257/1/115Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to [James Clark] Ross14 January 1850
MS/257/3/354Letter from James Clark Ross to Adair[1800-1862]
MS/426/396Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lords of the Admiralty17 November 1849
MS/257/3/144Letter from Richard Clement Moody to [James Clark] Ross19th century
MS/257/4/23Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross28 March 1842
EC/1828/28Ross, Sir James Clark: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/15/6List of letters to Sir JC Ross in the collection of Sir Edward Sabine's correspondence
MS/257/4/25Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross23 August 1842
MS/257/2/192Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross]20 August 1846
IM/003887Ross, Sir James Clarknd
MS/426/278Copy of the Memorial from Joseph H [Henry] Kay, Lieut R N, Director of the Magnetic Observatory; to the President of the Royal Society30 November 1846
DM/3Domestic Manuscripts Volume 31782-1841
IM/003889Ross, Sir John and Sir James Clark2001
MM/10/183'Catalogue of Geological Specimens procured at Kerguelen during the months of May, June & July 1840' by John Robertson1840
CMP/1/2Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society13 December 1832
MS/119/1/65Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin to James Clark Ross, HMS Erebus27 April 1839
MM/10/185'Catalogue of Birds collected on board HM Sloop the Terror, between the Cape of Good Hope & Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania; Lutruwita or Truwana]', by John Robertson10 September 1840
MS/257/2/266Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Maidstone to [James Clark Ross]19 July 1839
PT/49/5/2Plate, chart of daily mean level of the ocean and mean height of the barometer by James Clark Ross[1854]
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/2Copy letter from [Joshua Alwyne Compton] Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society], Castle Ashby, to the Royal Society6 January 1839
MC/3/29Letter from John Barrow, Admiralty, to the Secretary of the Royal Society13 June 1839
MS/257/1/72Letter from George Back, 47 Great Marlboro Street, to James Clark Ross19 December 1835
MC/4/1Copy letter from [Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of] Minto, to William [Jackson] Hooker 4 January 1844
PT/49/5/1Manuscript, 'On the effect of the pressure of the atmosphere on the mean level of the ocean' by Captain Sir James Clark Ross[1854]
PT/68/11Letter, requesting tidal observations from Port Leopold from [George] Henry Richards to Walter White27 April 1869
MS/257/2/265Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Slough to [James Clark] Ross, Hyde Park4 April 1839
MC/4/304Letter from [John] Parker, [First Secretary to the] Admiralty, to the Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society 28 November 1849
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
MS/257/1/153Letter from Charles James Beverly, Grove, Hackney to James Clark Ross23 August 1847
MS/119/2/132Letter from James Clark Ross, Lowestoft to Humphrey Lloyd21 August 1857
PT/49/5Paper, 'On the effect of the pressure of the atmosphere on the mean level of the ocean' by Captain Sir James Clark Ross[1854]
MC/7/10Letter from Edward Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], Woolwich, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]2 February 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MS/257/4/22Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross27 December 1841
MS/257/4/128Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich to [James Clark] Ross26 December [1788-1883]
MS/119/1/64Letter from Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin to James Clark Ross16 April 1839
MS/257/1/31Letter from Viscount Adare, Dunraven to [James Clark] Ross23 August 1839
MS/119/1/109Letter from James Clark Ross, 'HMS Erebus', Port Louis, Falkland Islands to Humphrey Lloyd7 September 1842
MS/119/2/133Letter from James Clark Ross, Aston Abbott House, Aylesbury to Humphrey Lloyd16 October 1861
MS/257/1/377Letter from Isaac Coffin, Cheltenham to James Clark Ross10 July 1839
MS/257/2/191Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross]22 March 1845
MS/119/1/35Dip observations by Captain James Clark Ross, England1837
AP/25/12Unpublished paper, 'Atmospheric tides' by James Clark Ross1841
MS/257/2/3Letter from Charles Robert Darwin, Magdelen Hall to James Clark Ross19th century
MS/257/1/157Letter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, Repton near Burton-on-Trent to James Clark Ross30 July 1847
MS/257/1/154Letter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, 4 Bedford Street to James Clark Ross7 September 1839
MS/257/1/155Letter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, 4 Bedford Street to James Clark Ross24 September 1839
AP/19/21Unpublished paper, 'On the probable position of the south magnetic pole' by Edward Rudge1835
MS/257/2/312Letter from William Jackson Hooker, Glasgow to [James Clark] Ross28 March 1839
MS/257/2/1Letter from John Frederic Daniell, Norwood to James Clark Ross5 August 1839
MS/257/5/3Letter from William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 Sackville Street to [James Clark Ross]22 August 1839
MS/257/1/71Letter from George Back, 47 Great Marlboro Street, to James Clark Ross[1835]
MS/257/2/187Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark] Ross18 June 1839
MS/257/2/189Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross]10 April 1840
MS/257/2/205Letter from Allen Francis Gardiner, Port Louis to [James Clark] Ross, 'HMS Erebus'25 October 1842
MS/257/2/206Letter from Allen Francis Gardiner, Brighton to [James Clark] Ross13 August 1847
MS/257/2/207Letter from Allen Francis Gardiner, Brighton to [James Clark] Ross13 September 1847
MS/257/4/37Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross31 March 1848
MS/257/2/346Letter from [Edward John] Johnson, Hydrological Office to [James Clark] Ross22 June 1839
MS/257/2/272Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 37 Tavistock Place to [James Clark] Ross5 May 1847
MS/257/2/267Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to [James Clark] Ross27 July 1839
MS/257/2/264Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Slough to [James Clark] Ross, Hyde Park29 March 1839
MS/257/3/13Letter from Phillip King, Port Stephens to [James Clark] Ross4 November 1840
MS/257/3/358Incomplete letter from James Clark Ross[1800-1862]
MS/257/3/12Letter from Phillip King to [James Clark] Ross15 July 1841
MS/257/3/40Letter from John Henry Lefroy, Longwood to [James Clark] Ross17 February 1840
MS/257/3/350'Copy of an anonymous letter received by Captain [James Clark] Ross1 January 1836
MS/257/3/50Letter from Bartholomew Clifford Lloyd, Dublin to [James Clark] Ross2 December 1835
MS/257/3/103Letter from Francis Leopold McClintock, 2 Gardiner's [Place], Dublin to [James Clark] Ross28 January 1850
MS/257/3/105Letter from Francis Leopold McClintock, Ship Hotel, Whitehall to [James Clark] Ross[1819-1907]
MS/257/4/30Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross13 December 1843
MS/257/4/124Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich to [James Clark] Ross3 April [1788-1883]
MS/257/3/101Letter from Francis Leopold McClintock, 2 Gardiner's [Place], Dublin to [James Clark] Ross17 January 1850
MS/257/4/43Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross11 July 1846
MS/257/4/123Letter from Edward Sabine, Scarborough to [James Clark] Ross19th century
MS/257/3/356Letter from James Clark Ross to Isaac Coffin[1800-1862]
MS/257/4/24Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross29 March 1842
MS/257/3/142Letter from Lord Minto, Gilbert Elliot, 36 Wilton Cresecent to [James Clark] Ross18 March 1845
MS/257/4/41Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross25 August 1845
MS/257/3/357Incomplete letter from James Clark Ross[1800-1862]
MS/257/3/349Letter from James Clark Ross, 'HMS Fury' to Hooper19 September 1824
MS/257/2/306Letter from William Hobson, Auckland to [James Clark] Ross8 November 1841
MS/257/2/190Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross]8 March 1845
MS/257/2/305Letter from William Hobson, Auckland to [James Clark] Ross15 October [1839-1842]
MS/257/3/352Letter from James Clark Ross, Athenaeum to Lord Auckland15 March 1848
MS/257/3/353Letter from James Clark Ross, Ashton Abbotts House, Aylebury to Edward Sabine1 January 1857
MS/257/3/359Incomplete letter from James Clark Ross[1800-1862]
MS/257/3/86Letter from [Friedrick] Lutke, Ramsgate to [James Clark] Ross9 September 1839
HS/14Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous1810-1871
MS/257/4/131Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross19th century
MS/257/4/178Letter from A Scott, Campobello, New Brunswick to [James Clark] Ross22 August [1800-1862]
MS/257/4/125Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross, Cavendish Square, London19th century
MS/257/1/127Letter from Henry Beaufoy, South Lambeth to James Clark Ross17 September 1839
MS/257/4/26Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross10 January 1843
MS/257/4/27Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross6 March 1843
MS/257/4/46Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross12 April 1848
MS/257/2/188Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [James Clark Ross]15 July 1839
MS/257/2/233Letter from Basil Hall, Portsmouth to [James Clark] Ross6 August 1839
MS/257/4/122Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross20 April [1788-1883]
MS/257/4/44Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross3 September 1846
MS/257/3/355Letter from James Clark Ross to Isaac Coffin[1800-1862]
MS/257/4/20Letter from Edward Sabine, London to [James Clark] Ross17 August 1841
MS/257/4/130Letter from Edward Sabine, Dover to [James Clark] Ross1 November [1788-1883]
MS/257/4/127Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross20 September [1788-1883]
MS/257/4/126Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross17 September [1788-1883]
MS/257/4/42Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross26 May 1846
MS/257/4/28Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross7 March 1843
MS/257/3/85Letter from [Friedrick] Lutke, Ramsgate to [James Clark] Ross3 September 1839
MS/257/4/32Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross24 July 1844
MS/257/4/132Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross3 June [1788-1883]
MS/257/4/21Fragment of a letter from Edward Sabine, London to [James Clark] Ross19th century
MS/257/2/2Letter from Charles Robert Darwin, Down, Farnborough Kent to James Clark Ross31 December 1847
MS/257/1/376Letter from Isaac Coffin, Cheltenham to James Clark Ross28 June 1839
MS/257/4/133Letter from Edward Sabine to [James Clark] Ross19th century
MS/257/4/34Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [James Clark] Ross1 November 1844
MS/257/1/156Letter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, Repton near Burton-on-Trent to James Clark Ross6 July 1847
MS/257/2/217Letter from George Gipps, Sydney to [James Clark] Ross14 July 1841
MS/257/3/3Letter from Kerndale, Greenock Street to [James Clark] Ross26 April 1839
MS/257/3/102Letter from Francis Leopold McClintock, 2 Gardiner's [Place], Dublin to [James Clark] Ross26 January 1850
MS/257/4/129Letter from Edward Sabine, Tortington to [James Clark] Ross30 December [1788-1883]
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