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Authorised form of nameGrote; George (1794 - 1871)
Dates1794 - 1871
NationalityBritish
Place of birthClay Hill, near Beckenham, Kent, England
Date of birth17 November 1794
Place of deathLondon
Date of death18 June 1871
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
The corner of the south transept and aisle, Westminster Abbey, London
ActivityCareer:
MP for City of London (1832-1841)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1857
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp iii-xi signed by A B
References:
W Johnson, 'Edward Gibbon and George Grote: A Bicentenary in Common' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 221-226, plate
CodeNA911
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/Maull/001802Grote, Georgend
EC/1857/05Grote, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/001803Grote, Georgend
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