William Venables Vernon Harcourt

(1789-1871)

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.
REFERENCES TO William Venables Vernon Harcourt: Sydney Smith to John Allen, 24 January 1813 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Sydney Smith to Georgiana Vernon Harcourt [Malcolm], September 1838 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 4 Sydney Smith to Edward Venables-Vernon Harcourt, 20 July 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter VII Found 1: ¶ 13 Letters 1813 Found 1: ¶ n1 Letters 1841 Letters 1843