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RefNoEC/1864/14
Previous numbersCert X, 64
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TitleStrange, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationLate Astronomical Assistant on the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India & has executed the greater part of the Western Longitudinal series emanating from Kalianpur & terminating at Karachi. Distinguished for his acquaintance with science of Geodesy and Mathematics. Eminent as a Geodist.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. Devonshire; John Barlow; J E Portlock; J R Martin; A Cayley; R C Carrington; E W Brayley; Edward B Eastrick
From Personal Knowlege. Geo Everest; Rod I Murchison; J L Knight Bruce; Wm J Hamilton; John Washington; J T Boileau; Jno Geo Bonner Major Genl; Wm Henry Fitton; Chas Brooke; B Stewart; Charles V Walker; Warren De la Rue; Charles Babbage
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Strange, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA7666Strange; Alexander (1818 - 1876)1818 - 1876
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