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Authorised form of nameAnsted; David Thomas (1814 - 1880)
Dates1814 - 1880
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth05 February 1814
Place of deathHis house near Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date of death13 May 1880
ActivityEducation:
MA
Career:
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; Professor of Geology, King's College, London
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/01/1844
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1880-1881 vol 31 pp i-ii
References:
David A Cumming, 'John MacCulloch, FRS, at Addiscombe: The Lectureships in Chemistry and Geology' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 155-183
Notes:
Boase gives death date as 20 May 1880
CodeNA8104
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1844/01Ansted, David Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/000114Ansted, David Thomasnd
MM/14/158Letter from DT Ansted, 33 Brunswick Square, to George Gabriel Stokes5 April 1871
IM/000112Ansted, David Thomas1850
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