Authorised form of name | Henderson; Thomas (1798 - 1844); astronomer |
Dates | 1798 - 1844 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Dundee, Angus, Scotland |
Date of birth | 28 December 1798 |
Place of death | Edinburgh |
Date of death | 23 November 1844 |
Research field | Astronomy |
Activity | Career: Professor of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh (by 1840); Astronomer Royal of Scotland (by 1840)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 09/04/1840 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 pp 530-532 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/26626700 |
Code | NA5760 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1840/13 | Henderson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/1/352 | Letter from Thomas Henderson, 1 Old Palace Yard, Westminster, [Dr. Peter Mark Roget and John George Children,] Secretaries of the Royal Society | 13 December 1831 |
MC/2/286 | Letter from [Thomas] Henderson, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 June 1838 |
MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
MC/3/89 | Letter from [Thomas] Henderson, Edinburgh, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 30 April 1840 |
MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
MS/426/315 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C P [Charles Piazzi] Smyth Esq | 3 March 1848 |