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RefNoEC/1880/12
Previous numbersCert X, 366; A04533
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TitleMcCoy, Sir Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationFrederick McCoy
A leading geologic authority; Murchison Medallist; Discovered, described, and figured a very considerable number of extinct animals and added also many species to the recent Fauna, published partly in the Annals & Magazine of Natural History (since 1840) and partly in the following works: Synopsis of carboniferous fossils of Ireland, also of silurian fossils of Ireland, Contributions of British Palaeontology; Prodromus of Palaeontology of Vict; Prodr of Zoology of Victoria; Coauthor with Prof Sedgwick in the work on British palaeozoic rocks and fossils.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge. Ferd von Mueller, MD, FRS; Andw C Ramsay; Robert Etheridge; T G Bonney; Ths Davidson; H W Bristow; Enniskillen; Warington W Smyth
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McCoy, Sir Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA5819McCoy; Sir; Frederick (1823 - 1899)1823 - 1899
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