| Authorised form of name | Harkness; Robert (1816 - 1878) |
| Dates | 1816 - 1878 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ormskirk, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 28 July 1816 |
| Date of death | 04 or 05 October 1878 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Career:
Professor of Geology, Queen's College, Cork.
Memberships:
FGS
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1856 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Boase gives death date as 4 October 1878 |
| Code | NA5304 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/5/253 | Letter from Robt [Robert] Harkness, Alloway Place, Dumfries, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 27 June 1856 |
| IM/Maull/001949 | Harkness, Robert | nd |
| MS/426/557 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir R [Roderick Impey] Murchison | 9 February 1856 |
| EC/1856/06 | Harkness, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |