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Authorised form of nameEllery; Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908); astronomer
Dates1827 - 1908
Place of birthCranleigh, Surrey, England
Date of birth14 July 1827
Date of death14/01/1908
ActivityCareer:
Trained for the medical profession, but went to Australia in search of gold (1851); took up astronomy; founded a Government Observatory, Williamstown; Superintendent, Geodetic Survey of the Colony of Victoria (1858-1874); Government Astronomer, Melbourne (1863-1895);
Honours:
CMG 1889
Memberships:
FRAS (1859); Royal Society of Victoria (President)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1873
RelationshipsSon of John Ellery, Surgeon, of Cranleigh.
Married: 1) (1853) daughter of Dr John Shields of Launceston, Tasmania (she died 1856); 2) (1858) Margaret, sister of his first wife
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909 vol 82 pp vi-x signed by H H T
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 Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/63066279
Royal Society codeNA6424
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MS/257/2/85A fragment [of a letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery]19th century
EC/1873/09Ellery, Robert Lewis John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/257/2/93Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine25 January 1866
MM/14/133Copy of report on the working of the Great Melbourne Telescope, by RLJ Ellery1870
NLB/25/487Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert John Lewis Ellery, Fellow of the Royal Society11 November 1902
NLB/37/74Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons20 January 1908
NLB/32/643Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert Lewis John Ellery, Fellow of the Royal Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[26 April 1906]
NLB/32/652Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]30 April 1906
NLB/37/118Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to H [Herbert] H [Hall] Turner FRS29 January 1908
NLB/37/305Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Secretary, English Scottish & Austrailian Bank Ltd, 38 Lombard Street, EC28 February 1908
MC/8/293Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Major General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], London4 January 1869
MC/7/124Letter from Robert L J [Lewis John] Ellery, Directory of the Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne, Victoria, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London24 September 1864
MC/7/186Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London24 March 1864
MC/7/254Letter from Robt L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Melbourne Observatory, Victoria, Australia, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House25 August 1864
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/8/368Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London21 May 1869
MC/8/408Extract of a letter from Robert J [John Lewis] Ellery, Melbourne Observatory, to G B [George Biddell] Airy13 August 1869
MC/8/436Letter from T R [Thomas Romney] Robinson, Observatory Armagh, to W [Warren] De La Rue28 October 1869
MC/9/3Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Melbourne Observatory, to Sir Ed [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], London3 January 1870
MC/10/16Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, London9 September 1873
MC/10/17Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Observatory Melbourne, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society, London9 September 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/10/273Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, Ockford Cottage, Godalming, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], London10 July 1875
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MS/257/2/91Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine25 May 1865
MS/257/2/92Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine25 July 1865
MS/257/2/87Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine26 December 1863
MS/257/2/97Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine36 October 1867
MS/257/2/99Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine30 March 1868
MS/257/2/96Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine27 May 1867
MS/257/2/88Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine24 March 1864
MS/257/2/94Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine26 May 1866
MS/257/2/90Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine25 November 1864
MC/13/104Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, President of the Royal Society of Victoria, Australia, Observatory Melbourne, to [Thomas Henry Huxley], President of the Royal Society, London1 November 1884
MC/13Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1884
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
MS/257/2/95Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine25 January 1867
MS/257/2/86Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Sydney to Edward SabineMarch 1858
MS/257/2/89Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine26 May 1864
MS/257/2/98Letter from Robert Lewis John Ellery, Melbourne Observatory to Edward Sabine2 March 1868
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/14/110Letter from Alexander Sutherland, Honourable Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, to the Secretary of the Royal Society26 February 1886
HS/7/125Letter, from Robert L. J. Ellery to Sir John Herschel, dated at Melbourne Observatory25 June 1867
HS/7/126Letter, from Robert L. J. Ellery to Sir John Herschel, dated at Melbourne Observatory21 September 1869
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