| Authorised form of name | Reeves; John (? 1752 - 1829) |
| Dates | ? 1752 - 1829 |
| Date of birth | 1752 or 1753 |
| Place of death | Parliament Place, Westminster |
| Date of death | 07 August 1829 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The Temple Church, London |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Merton College Oxford, BA (1775); Scholar of Queen's College, Oxford, MA
Career:
Called to the Bar (1779); Commissioner in bankruptcy (1780); Chief Justice of Newfoundland (1791-1792); King's Printer (1800); Bencher (1824); wrote 'A history of English Law from the time of the Saxons to the end of the reign of Edward I' (1783-1829)
Memberships:
FSA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1790 |
| Relationships | Son of John Reeves of St Martin-in-the-Fields; unmarried; probably uncle of John Reeves (FRS 1817) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA1305 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003776 | Reeves, John | nd |
| MS/391/226 | Bond of John Reeves to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 25 March 1790 |
| EC/1789/08 | Reeves, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |