| Authorised form of name | Solly; Richard Horsman (? 1774 - 1858) |
| Dates | ? 1774 - 1858 |
| Place of birth | Great Ormond Street, London, England |
| Date of birth | 29 April 1774 |
| Place of death | Great Ormond Street, London |
| Date of death | 31 March 1858 |
| Activity | Career:
Studied for the Bar; one of the original promoters of the Royal Institution; helped to found the Geological and Horticultural Societies
Memberships:
FLS (1826)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/05/1807 |
| Relationships | Son of Samuel Solly (FRS 1792); brother of Samuel Roynolds Solly (FRS 1823) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 549-550
Notes:
Venn and Boase give birth date as 29 April 1774, but note in BR index states 'year appears wrong as he was 17 in 1796'. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57392807 |
| Code | NA3034 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/004306 | Solly, Richard Horsman | nd |
| EC/1807/04 | Solly, Richard Horsman: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/10/165 | Minutes of the Microscope Committee | c.1843 |