Alexander Dallas Bache

American scientist (1806-1867).

Quick Facts

Died: 1867-02-17
Occupation: physicist · chemist · engineer · university teacher · writer · surveyor
Citizenship: United States
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Membership: Royal Society of London · since 24 May 1860
Affiliation: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Affiliation: National Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Russian Academy of Sciences
Membership: American Philosophical Society · since 1829
Membership: Academy of Sciences of Turin · since 7 April 1839

Alexander Dallas Bache is the child of Richard Bache and Sophia Burrell Bache.

Date / result	Award / category
24 May 1860 Received	Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1858 Received	Patron’s Medal
— Received	Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
— Received	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Alexander Dallas Bache’s education and training.

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