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Reference numberEC/1854/12
Previous numbersCert IX, 343; A56659
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TitleStrachey, Sir Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationCaptn Richd Strachey of the Bengal Engineers. Author of "a description of the Himalayan Glaciers Journl of Asiatic Society 1847-1848
& of a paper "On the snow line in the Himalaya ibid, 1849
& "On the Geology of part of the Himalaya Mountains & Tibet published by the Geoll Socy of London, Quart Journ 1851
& On Physical Geography of Kumaon &c, Journl of Royal Geogr Socy 1851
and who has also contributed to enlarge our knowledge of the Botany of India.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. G B Airy; J R Martin; A M Story Maskelyne
From Personal Knowledge. Cha Lyell; H T De la Beche; Rod I Murchison; Edward Forbes; John Percy; Andw C Ramsay; J Beete Jukes; Lyon Playfair; Daniel Sharpe; J D Forbes; T H Huxley; John Phillips; W J Hooker; Robt Brown; John J Bennett; John Edward Gray; Edwin Lankester; John Gould
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Strachey, Sir Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA3799Strachey; Sir; Richard (1817 - 1908)1817 - 1908
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