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Authorised form of nameArnott; Neil (1788 - 1874)
Dates1788 - 1874
NationalityBritish
Place of birthArbroath, Scotland
Date of birth15 May 1788
Date of death02 March 1874
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Edinburgh
ActivityEducation:
MD
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/01/1838
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1854
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1876-1877 vol 25 pp xiv-xviii
References:
Robert A Bayliss and C William Ellis, 'Neil Arnott, FRS. Reformer, Innovator and Popularizer of Science, 1788-1874' in NR 1981-82 vol 36 pp 103-123, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/13090398
CodeNA8106
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1838/05Arnott, Neil: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/766/2Letter from Neil Arnott, 2 Cumberland Terrace, to Dr [William] Sharpey9 March 1866
MC/5/185Letter from N [Neil] Arnott, Bedford Square, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, Vice-President of the Royal Society16 November 1854
IM/Maull/000129Arnott, Neilnd
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
AP/45/3Unpublished paper, 'Bessel's hypsometric tables, as corrected by [Emile] Plantamour, reduced to English measures, and recalculated' by Alexander J [John] Ellis1863
AP/45/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Bessel's hypsometric tables, as corrected by [Emile] Plantamour, reduced to English measures, and recalculated' by Alexander J [John] Ellis1863
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