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Authorised form of nameMacculloch; John (1773 - 1835)
Dates1773 - 1835
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGuernsey, Channel Islands
Date of birth06 October 1773
Place of deathPoltair, near Penzance, Cornwall
Date of death20 August 1835
DatesAndPlacesBurial :
Gulval, near Penzance, Cornwall
Research fieldGeology
Chemistry
ActivityEducation:
MD
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/05/1820
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Derek Flinn, 'John MacCulloch, MD, FRS, and His Geological Map of Scotland: His Years in the Ordnance, 1795-1826' in NR 1981-82 vol 36 pp 83-101
David A Cumming, 'John MacCulloch, FRS, at Addiscombe: The Lectureships in Chemistry and Geology' in NR 1979-80 vol 34 pp 155-183, plate
W H Brock, 'The Selection of the Authors of the Bridgewater Treatises' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 162-179
E Murphy, 'A mad house transformed: the lives and work of Charles James Beverly FRS (1788-1868) and John Warburton MD FRS (1795-1847)' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 267 - 281
CodeNA7318
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/002865MacCulloch, Johnnd
EC/1820/04Macculloch, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
P/0084Portrait of Macculloch, John
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