Posted on February 18, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Stephen Gray was an experimental philosopher who established a rapport with the Royal Society and Royal Greenwich Observatory, published articles in the Transactions, and experimented with electricity.
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Michael Ben-Chaim, Gray, Stephen (bap. 1666, d. 1736), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11354, accessed 26 June 2013].
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William Sheridan (1635-1711) was a nonjuring clergyman and Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh for the Church of Ireland. He moved to London in the 1690s and lived near other nonjurors, impoverished and in poor health.
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Richard Bagwell, rev. James McGuire, “Sheridan, William (1635-1711)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25373, accessed 28 Jan 2010].
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Richard Waller was a natural philosopher and translator who worked as the Royal Society’s secretary. He also served on its council and edited the Philosophical Transactions.
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Lotte Mulligan, Waller, Richard (c.16601715), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48707, accessed 19 June 2013].
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William Burnet (1688-1729) was a colonial governor and son of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. He served in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
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Mary Lou Lustig, ‘Burnet, William (1688–1729)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4070, accessed 10 June 2015].
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Posted on February 13, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician, scientist, and collector.
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Arthur MacGregor, ‘Sloane, Sir Hans, baronet (1660-1753)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25730 [accessed 2 June 2011]).
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Pa Blair to James Petiver –
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Date:
Author: Pa Blair
Recipient: James Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 265
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Transcription
Portions of text are obscured due to a dark spot on the microfilm. This letter is a short correspondence between Patrick Blair and James Petiver. Blair tells Petiver that “my dear [fr?]iend shall be heartily welcomd to come when he [pl]eases[.]” Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Leigh was a physician and naturalist. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1685
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(C. W. Sutton, Leigh, Charles (16621701?), rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16377, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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Posted on February 8, 2017 by Amy Smith -
William Beckett (1684-1738) was a surgeon, Fellow of the Royal Society, and founding member of the Society of Antiquaries. He presented papers to the Royal Society, published in the Philosophical Transactions, and authored several books.
Dates: January 1, 1684 to February 1, 1738
Occupation: Fellow of the Royal Society, and founding member of the Society of Antiquaries
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Rose was an apothecary and medical practitioner who challenged the authority of the Royal College of Physicians. The legality of Rose practicing medicine, despite only being an apothecary, was extensively debated by the Royal College of Physicians, but in 1704 the House of Lords granted apothecaries the right to practice medicine in London. The Society of Apothecaries later contested the judgment in the House of Lords
Reference:
Harold J. Cook, Rose, William (fl. 16931705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57249, accessed 26 June 2013].
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Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Wanley was an Old English scholar and a librarian. He contributed four catalogues to Bernards Catalogue, a collection of manuscripts published in 1697. He was appointed assistant at the Bodleian Library in 1695
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Peter Heyworth, Wanley, Humfrey (16721726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28664, accessed 19 June 2013].
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