| RefNo | EC/1880/15 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 369; A05879 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rae, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | The leader in four Overland Arctic Expeditions and sharer in a fifth, in the course of which 1700 miles of new land and coast were explored and mapped under circumstances of great difficulty & hardship, and numerous astronomical and other observations made. Two of his journeys were in search of Sir John Franklin: on the second he succeeded in setting his fate at rest - his services on this occasion meeting with the high approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and he & his men receiving the Government Reward for the Same. The author of "Narrative of Arctic Expedition 1846/7", of various papers read before the Geographical, Ethnological, Physical, & other Societies. Distinguished for his zeal, energy and ability as a traveller in Arctic regions and one of the early explorers of the pass over the Rocky Mountains and of the Fraser river. Attached to science and a promoter of its progress in various branches by his observations and journeys. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. John D Macdonald.
From Personal Knowledge. Joseph Prestwich; Geo Busk; Andw C Ramsay; Warington W Smyth; W H Flower; Augustus W Franks; Jas Fergusson; Fredk Jno Evans; Geo Henry Richards; John J Bigsby; William Odling; George Rolleston; A Armstrong; T Spratt; T B Curling; Charles V Walker; John Beddoe; W S W Vaux; J Fayrer; St George Mivart; Fredk Guthrie; J H Lefroy; |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8013 | Rae; John (1813 - 1893) | 1813 - 1893 |