Philip James Yorke
1799 - 1874
- Born
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13 October 1799
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
- Died
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14 December 1874
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 07/06/1849
- Relationships
- Eldest son of Rev Philip Yorke, Prebendary of Ely, and his wife Anna Maria Cocks (died 1835), daughter of Charles 1st Baron Somers and his second wife Anne Pole and sister of Reginald Cocks (FRS 1799). His grandfather was the son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (FRS 1753). Married (27 April 1843) Emily, youngest daughter of William Morgan Clifford of Perrystone, Herefordshire (died 1869); no children
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Researches on silica' by Col Philip [James] Yorke
Creator: Philip James Yorke Reference number: PT/58/11 -
Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on a paper 'Barometrical observations, showing the effect of the direction of the wind on the difference between distant barometers' by Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Yorke
Creator: William Snow Harris Reference number: RR/1/268
Referee of
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Referee's report by Philip James Yorke, on a paper 'On the influence of atmospheric pressure upon some of the phenomena of combustion' by Edward Frankland
Creator: Philip James Yorke Reference number: RR/4/101 -
Referee's report by Philip James Yorke, on a paper 'On the properties of electro-deposited antimony (concluded)' by George Gore
Creator: Philip James Yorke Reference number: RR/4/115