| RefNo | EC/1834/11 |
| Previous numbers | Cert VIII, 98; A01037 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Burnes, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Lieut Alexander Burnes of the Hon East India Company's Service, a Gentleman versed in Arabic and Persian Literature, Author of memoirs in the Transaction of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, and eminently distinguished for having largely extended our knowledge of the Geography of the Rivers Indus and Oxus, and of the Hindoo-Kush or Western extremity of the Himalaya Mountains; being desirous of admission into the Royal Society; We the undersigned do from our personal knowledge recommend him as being highly qualified for that honor |
| Proposers | Rod I Murchison; W R Hamilton; John Franklin; Thos Hardwicke MG; G B Greenough; Cha Lyell; W M Leake; John Barrow; F Beaufort; W H Sykes; John Edw Gray; W Burnett; John Franklin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2528 | Burnes; Sir; Alexander (1805 - 1841) | 1805 - 1841 |