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Authorised form of nameBrander; Gustavus (1720 - 1787)
Dates1720 - 1787
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth1720
Date of death21 January 1787
OccupationMerchant
Research fieldAntiquarianism
ActivityCareer:
Director, Bank of England; curator, British Museum
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/03/1754
RelationshipsOf Swedish descent; married Elizabeth, widow of John Lloyd, vice-admiral of the blue, daughter of Mr Gulston of Widdial, Hertfordshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7414
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1753/14Brander, Gustavus: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/2/477Letter, 'Of dyeing black without logwood' from Gustavus Brander to Peter Collinson7 February 1754
L&P/3/69Paper, 'Effects of lightning on the Danish church in Well-close Square' by Gustavus Brander18 December 1755
L&P/3/58Letter, 'Of an echinus from the Isle of Bourbon' from Gustavus Brander to the Royal Society11 December 1755
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