Barrow, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society Notes on reverse of certificate interpolated between printed statements: 'Author of Travels in Iceland, In Norway, several parts of Northern Europe, Of the Life of Sir Francis Drake and other works' [As one distinguished for his literary or archaeological attainments] 'Naval biography, and history and General Celebration' [As one who is attached to science, and anxious to promote its progress] 'Much attached and desirous to promote its progress'