John Barrow
1764 - 1848

- Born
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19 June 1764
Dragley Beck, in the parish of Ulverston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Died
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23 November 1848
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 04/07/1805
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 40
- Relationships
- Married (1798) Anne Maria, daughter of Peter John Truter , of Cape of Good Hope; four sons and two daughters; father of John Barrow (FRS 1844); father-in-law of Robert Batty (FRS 1822)
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Letter, introducing accompanying paper on shipbuilding from John Barrow to Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: John Barrow Reference number: PT/14/10
Recipient of
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Letter, from John Barrow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty
Creator: John Barrow Reference number: HS/5/21 -
Paper, 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey in a letter to John Barrow
Creator: Joseph Whidbey Reference number: PT/16/9 -
Paper, 'Observations made with the invariable pendulum No 4 (Jones), at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope for the purpose of determining the compression of the earth' by Fearon Fallows
Creator: Fearon Fallows Reference number: PT/19/1