| Authorised form of name | Cameron; John (1817 - 1878) |
| Dates | 1817 - 1878 |
| Date of birth | 31 March 1817 |
| Place of death | Southampton, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 30 June 1878 |
| Activity | Career:
Served with the Royal Engineers; joined the Ordnance Survey as First Lieutenant (1839); Executive Officer, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (by 1862); left on promotion to Major General (1874); re-joined as Director, Ordnance Survey (1875-1878); Lieutenant General (by 1878); died of pneumonia
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA1452 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1868/08 | Cameron, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/6/90 | Letter from J [John] Cameron, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 8 June 1860 |
| MC/6/100 | Letter from J [John] Cameron, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 31 July 1860 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |