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RefNoEC/1873/03
Previous numbersCert X, 173
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TitleArmstrong, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationAuthor of Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North West Passage, and also of observations on Naval Hygiene & Scurvy. - Distinguished for his acquaintance with the Science of Medicine and Naval Hygiene -
Eminent as a Physician and Naval Medical Officer - Was Medical Officer of the Xanthian Expedition, and also of HMS Investigator at the discovery of the North West Passage,and was for nearly five years continuously in the Arctic Regions -
Gazetted for War Services in the Baltic during the Russian War. Has been Deputy Inspector General of the Naval Hospitals Malta, Haslar, and Chatham, and to the Mediterranean Fleet.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. Josh Prestwich; John J Bigsby; A Tweedie; George Harley; Edward Smith
From Personal Knowledge. J R Martin; T Spratt; Willm Fergusson; Henry Holland; Thomas Watson; Francis Sibson; A B Garrod; Caesar H Hawkins; George Burrows; T B Curling; John D Macdonald;
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Armstrong, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA6401Armstrong; Sir; Alexander (1818 - 1899)1818 - 1899
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