Person Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) Sabine Edward Sir 1788 - 1883 Male Great Britain Street, Dublin, Ireland 14 October 1788 Richmond, Surrey 26 June 1883 Burial: Family vault at Tewin, Hertfordshire

2 Portland Place, London

Geophysics Terrestrial magnetism Astronomy Education: Entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1803); studied astronomy and terrestrial magnetism under Henry Browne (1816) Career: Naval officer; served in Canada; astronomer to expeditions to discover the North West Passage under Sir John Ross (1818) and under Sir William Edward Parry (1819-1820); scientific adviser to the Admiralty (1828); one of the instigators of the 'magnetic crusade' urging the British government to establish magnetic observatories throughout the empire to conduct a global magentic survey; established the Tornoto Observatory, the first scientific institution in Canada (1840); recognized that solar disturbances affected the Earth's magnetic environment; Colonel (by 1849); Major General (1856) Honours: KCB 1869 Memberships: Athenaeum (Founder member 1824) Brother-in-law of Henry Browne FRS (1797), younger brother of Joseph Sabine FRS (1799) Royal Society roles: PRS 1861-1871; Treas 1850-1861; Sec 1827-1830; For Sec 1845-1850; VP 1839-1841, 1850-1856, 1871-1872 Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1821; Royal Medal 1849 Lectures: Bakerian 1821 and 1853 Fellow 16/04/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1892 vol 51 pp xliii-li References: G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98 James Gabriel O'Hara, 'Gauss and the Royal Society: The Reception of His Ideas on Magnetism in Britain (1832-1842)' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 17-78 Charles H Cotter, 'The Royal Society and the Deviation of the Compass' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 297-309 M J Bartholomew, 'The Award of the Copley Medal to Charles Darwin' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 209-218 Sir Gavin de Beer, ed, 'Some Unpublished Letters of Charles Darwin' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 12-66 H G L, 'A Fragment of History' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 28-31 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 D Carr Agnew, 'Robert Fitzroy and the myth of 'Marsden Square': Transatlantic rivalries in early marine meteorology' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 21-46 E Murphy, 'A mad house transformed: the lives and work of Charles James Beverly FRS (1788-1868) and John Warburton MD FRS (1795-1847)' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 267 - 281 G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64 Notes: Given the course of his life, probably better to describe him as British even though he was born in Ireland. ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9683 14 Oct 1788 - 26 Jun 1883 NA8279 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29833874 2e522518-7f9c-48c7-94b4-a3fa41ffaa06