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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Harcourt, William Venables Vernon, 1789-1871 NRA: Harcourt, William Venables Vernon (1789-1871), Canon of York chemist DNB: Harcourt, William Venables Vernon (1789–1871), founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science LBT ID: WiHarco1871 VIAF ID: 18001483 LOC ID: no2005099641 | B/BAP: 1789-06-01 DIED: 1871-04-01 |
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The son of Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, archbishop of York; after serving in the Navy
he attended Christ Church, Oxford and was chaplain to his father and canon of York. He was
a geologist and founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. | |
