| Authorised form of name | Wight; Robert (1796 - 1872) |
| Dates | 1796 - 1872 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Milton, Duncra Hill, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 06 July 1796 |
| Place of death | Grazeley Lodge, near Reading, Berkshire |
| Date of death | 26 May 1872 |
| Activity | Education:
MD
Career:
Surgeon, Madras Establishment; Superintendent, East Indian Company's cotton plantations at Coimbatore
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1855 |
| Source | References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/32772286 |
| Code | NA8449 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/004903 | Wight, Robert | nd |
| EC/1855/13 | Wight, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/9/425 | Letter from Rosa Wight, James Bornard [?], and Octavius A Field, executors of the will of the late Dr [Robert] Wight, Grazeley Lodge, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant] Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London | 30 October 1872 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |