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Authorised form of nameWarington; Robert (1807 - 1867)
Dates1807 - 1867
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSheerness, Kent, England
Date of birth07 September 1807
Place of deathBudleigh Salterton, Devon
Date of death12 or 17 November 1867
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
Merchant Taylors' School
Career:
Took up chemistry; Chemist in the brewery of Truman, Hanbury and Buxton (1831-1839); Chemical Operator, Society of Apothecaries (1842-1867); active in the foundation of the Chemical Society
Memberships:
FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/06/1864
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Warington, victualler of ships; father of Robert Warington (FRS 1886)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp xlix-l
Notes:
Proc. RS and Boase both give date of death as 12 November 1867
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/25371746
CodeNA6144
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1864/15Warington, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004794Warington, Robertnd
MC/4/211Letter from [Robert] Warington, Secretary of the Chemical Society, to the [Marquis of Northampton] President of the Royal Society and to the Council31 January 1848
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
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