Authorised form of name | Auldjo; John (1805 - 1886); explorer and alpinist |
Dates | 1805 - 1886 |
Place of birth | Montreal, Canada |
Date of birth | 1805 |
Place of death | Rue des Alpes, Geneva, Switzerland |
Date of death | 06 May 1886 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: the Chatelaine cemetery, Geneva |
Occupation | Engraver; author |
Research field | Geology |
Activity | Education: Attwood's School, Hammersmith; pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not take a degree Career: Admitted to Lincoln's Inn (1827); one of the earliest climbers to ascend Mont Blanc 91827); moved to Naples, climbed Mount Vesuvius (1831; travelled to Greece and Turkey (1833); lived in Geneva at the end of his life, with his wife and two daughters, where he became acting British Consul (1870-1871) and unpaid consul (1872-1886) Freemason, initiated 25 October 1826 at Lodge of Antiquity No 2 London Memberships: FGS; FSS; FRGS; Corresponding Fellow, Societa Reale Borbonico; Corresponding Fellow, Accademia Pontaneana, Naples
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 07/05/1840 |
Relationships | Married in 1860 Caroline Hayden Hammet in Paris, had 2 daughters, born 1861 and 1865 |
PublishedWorks | 'Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the 8th and 9th August 1827' (London: Longman, 1828); Sketches of Vesuvius with short accounts of its principle eruptions from the commencement of the Christian era to the present time' (Naples, 1832) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were also Masons' Library and Museum of Freemqasonry, 2010, page 5-6 Notes: Listed as defaulter on PL 1861 |
Code | NA7049 |
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