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William de Wiveleslie Abney

1843 - 1920

Born

24 July 1843

Derby, England

Died

03/12/1920

Folkestone, Kent

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
01/06/1876
Relationships
Eldest son of Rev Edward Henry Abney, vicar, and his wife Catharine, daughter of Jedeiah Strutt of Greenhall, Belper. Married: 1) (1864) Agnes Mathilda, daughter of Edward Smith of Ticton Hall, Yorkshire (she died 1888); 2) (1890) Mary Louisa, daughter of Rev E N Meade of St Mary's Knoll, Scarborough-on-Hudson, USA