| RefNo | EC/1795/17 |
| Previous numbers | Cert V, 265; A05610 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Petrie, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1795 |
| Citation | William Petrie Esqr of Hertford Street, May Fair, lately second in the Council at Madras, and a promoter of Astronomical Pursuits in India, a Gentleman versed in several Branches of Science, whose meteorological Tables and Remarks at Madras are deposited in the Library of that Society, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, we whose names are underwritten do, from our personal Knowlege, recommend him as deserving of that honor, and likely to prove auseful and valauble Member |
| Proposers | John Hunter; Everard Home; J Rennell; Caleb Whitefoord; Jesse Ramsden; Wm Wales; Maxwell Garthshore; W Frazer; Wm Marsden; Pat Russell; Patrick Ross |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2987 | Petrie; William (fl 1795) | fl 1795 |