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Authorised form of nameCaldecott; John (1800 - 1849)
Dates1800 - 1849
Place of birthLondon
Date of birth16 September 1801
Place of deathTrevandrum
Date of death16 December 1849
DatesAndPlacesChristened 1 November 1801 at St Luke's Church, Old Street, Finsbury, Middlesex, London
Burial: Christ Church, Trevandrum, Kerala, India
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityCareer:
Commercial Agent to the Government of Tranvancore, at the port of Allepey; first Director of the Observatory, Trevandrum, India, where he made observations (1837-1849); died of paralysis
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/02/1840
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
For photograph of headstone by Dr Richard Walding of Griffth University, Brisbane, Australia, see; indicatorloops.com/caldecott_gravestone.jpg
"A Church History of Travancore" by Agur
LDS familysearch.org website
CodeNA2446
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1840/09Caldecott, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/257/1/275Copy of letter from the Rajah of Travancore to John Caldecott4 January 1843
MS/257/1/264Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine, London14 October 1841
MS/257/1/270Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine19 June 1843
MS/257/1/266Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine10 November 1841
MS/257/1/260Letter from John Caldecott, Suez to Edward Sabine20 February 1841
MS/257/1/263Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine15 September 1841
MA/254Magnetic and meteorological observations at the Trivandrum Observatory, India, by John Caldecott29 May 1841-31 March 1842
MS/119/2/111Letter from John Caldecott, Trivandrum Observatory to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin13 February 1842
MS/257/1/261Letter from John Caldecott, At sea near Aden to [Edward Sabine]4 March 1841
MS/257/1/269Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine, Somerset House2 July 1842
MS/257/1/262Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine5 June 1841
MS/257/1/258Letter from John Caldecott, Barcelona to [Edward Sabine]13 December 1840
MS/257/1/268Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine16 April 1842
MS/257/1/265Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine20 October 1841
MS/257/1/267Letter from John Caldecott, [Thiruvananthapuram] 'Travandrum' to Edward Sabine15 February 1842
MS/257/1/276Copy of a letter from John Caldecott, Travandrum to the Rajah of Trancore; Copy of a letter from Genereal Cullen to John Caldecott6 January 1843; 11 January 1843
MS/257/1/259Letter from John Caldecott, Cairo to Edward Sabine, London13 February 1841
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