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Authorised form of nameCautley; Sir; Proby Thomas (1802 - 1871)
Dates1802 - 1871
Date of birth1802
Place of deathSydenham, Kent
Date of death25 January 1871
ActivityCareer:
Major, Artillery, Bengal Army, HEIC
Honours:
KCB 1854
Memberships:
Asiatic Society of Bengal; FGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/04/1846
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Joyce Brown, 'A Memoir of Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, FRS, 1802-1871, Engineer and Palaeontologist' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 185-225, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/127740
Royal Society codeNA8161
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MC/6/92Letter from Smith [?], East India and Colonial Agency, 65 Cornhill & 4 White Lion Court, London, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly11 June 1860
EC/1846/15Cautley, Sir Proby Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
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