Rev. William Venables-Vernon Harcourt (1789 – April 1871) was an English cleric, founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , canon residentiary of the York Cathedral , and later rector of Bolton Percy .
13-788: William Harcourt may refer to: William Vernon Harcourt (scientist) (1789–1871), British scientist William Harcourt (politician) (1827–1904), British Liberal politician William Harcourt (martyr) , Catholic martyr, victim of the Titus Oates plot William Harcourt, villain in the film Alien Nation (named for the people above) William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt , English nobleman and soldier William Harcourt (MP for Berkshire) , in 1491, MP for Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency) William Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt See also [ edit ] Willie Harcourt-Cooze , entrepreneur and chocolatier [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
26-590: A large collection for this purpose. The geologist John Phillips was employed as the Society's first keeper of its museum. In 1828 the Society was given, by royal grant, some of the grounds of St Mary's Abbey including the ruins of the abbey. On this land the Society constructed a number of buildings including the Yorkshire Museum built to house the Society's geological and archaeological collections and opened in 1830. Landscape architect Sir John Murray Naysmith
39-537: Is a charitable learned society (charity reg. 529709) which aims to promote the public understanding of the natural sciences , the social sciences , and the archaeology and history of York and Yorkshire . The Society was formed in York in December 1822 by James Atkinson , William Salmond, Anthony Thorpe and William Vernon . The Society's aim was to gain and spread knowledge related to science and history and they built
52-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Vernon Harcourt (scientist) He was born at Sudbury, Derbyshire , a younger son of Edward Vernon-Harcourt , Archbishop of York and his wife Lady Anne Leveson-Gower, who was a daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and his second wife Lady Louisa Egerton. Her maternal grandparents were Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater and his second wife Rachel Russell. Rachel
65-725: The cavern of Kirkdale went to form the basis of a museum, connected with the Yorkshire Philosophical Society , of which Harcourt was the first president. In 1824, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society . The first meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was held at York in September 1831, and the general plan of its proceedings, and the laws to govern it, were drawn up by Harcourt, who
78-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Harcourt&oldid=996042285 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
91-736: The society of men of culture and science. Harcourt died in April 1871, in his eighty-second year. He married, in 1824, Matilda Mary, daughter of Colonel William Gooch, by whom he had two sons and five daughters; including: He changed his name from Vernon-Harcourt to Harcourt circa 1830. Attribution: [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney , eds. (1890). " Harcourt, William Vernon ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 328. Yorkshire Philosophical Society The Yorkshire Philosophical Society (YPS)
104-470: Was a daughter of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford and the rich heiress Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland of Streatham. After he had served in the navy, on the West Indian station , for five years, his father allowed him to become a clergyman. He was a student of Christ Church, Oxford , in 1807, graduating B.A. in 1811 and M.A. in 1814, and remained a student of Christ Church till 1815. He
117-507: Was appointed Curator holding that position until 1938. In 1933 his work was recognised and he was awarded an Honorary Degree of 'Doctor of Philosophy' by Leeds University. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society in 1936. The Society holds a series of free public lectures every year covering subjects including science, technology, history, archaeology and geography. Research grants are given by
130-635: Was appointed general secretary. At the Birmingham meeting of the association in 1839, Harcourt was elected president. The subject of his address was the history of the composition of water, supporting the claims of Henry Cavendish to the discovery by original documents, and vindicating the claims of science to freedom of inquiry. Another subject to which Harcourt directed his inquiries was the effect of heat on inorganic compounds. For 40 years, he worked to acquire glasses of definite and mutually compensative dispersions, for achromatic combinations. In this work, he
143-631: Was commissioned by the Society to create a botanical gardens around the museum during the 1830s. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society is a registered charity , and has an open subscription-based membership. The offices and reading room of the YPS are located in Museum Gardens Lodge in York . In 1933 Frank Elgee resigned as Curator of the Dorman Museum due to ill health and his wife Harriett Wragg Elgee,
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#1732884402307156-573: Was on good terms with Cyril Jackson , the dean and Dr. John Kidd , then a teacher of chemistry at his college, influenced him. On leaving university in 1811, Harcourt began duties as a clergyman at Bishopthorpe , Yorkshire and aided the movement for establishing an institution in Yorkshire for the cultivation of science. He constructed a laboratory, and occupied himself in chemical analysis, aided by his early friends Davy and Wollaston. In 1821, remains of prehistoric life found by William Buckland in
169-743: Was supported by George Stokes . As a cleric, Harcourt became canon of York, and rector of Wheldrake in Yorkshire in 1824, and of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, in 1837. The Yorkshire School for the Blind , and the Castle Howard Reformatory, and other institutions, owed their existence to him. In 1861, on the death of his elder brother, George Granville Harcourt , he succeeded to the Harcourt estates at Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire , and his latter years were spent at Nuneham House among his books and in
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