| Authorised form of name | Russell; William (1713 - 1787) |
| Dates | 1713 - 1787 |
| Activity | Career:
Secretary to the Levant Company
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/01/1777 |
| Relationships | Son of John Russell by his second wife; brother of Alexander Russell FRS (1756), half-brother of Patrick Russell FRS (1777). |
| OtherInfo | Memoirs of the life and writings of Patrick Russell MD FRS European Magazine and London Review 59, p.3 has footnotes briefly outlining the subject's family - including his [elder] half brother 'William,[Russell] secretary to the Levant Company, F.R.S. Treasurer to the R.S. (Mulgrave's Voyage to the North Pole, p. 97. Bruce's Travels, Introd. pp. vii. lix. lxii )' |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA5207 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AB/1/2/1/71 | Letter to James West from William Russell | 13 December 1764 |
| AB/1/2/1/16 | Receipt for transfer of £500 of Reduced Annuities, £448 2s 6d received | 31 January 1759 |
| EC/1776/21 | Russell, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |