| Authorised form of name | Weichman; Christian Frederick (1698 - 1770) |
| Dates | 1698 - 1770 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Harburg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 24 August 1698 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbuttel, Germany |
| Date of death | 04 August 1770 |
| Occupation | Poet; Editor |
| Activity | Education:
Halle (admitted 1716); Oxford; BCL (1728)
Career:
Tutor in the household of Duke Philipp Ernst of Schleswig-Holstein in Glucksburg (1720); went to Hamburg (1721); Editor of 'Gelehrten Sachen' (1722-1725), of the 'Patriot' (journal of the Hamburger Patriotische Gesellschaft); went to London with the editorial committee (1728); in the service of Duke Ludwig Rudolf at Blankenberg; Counsellor to the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg (1734)
Memberships:
Deutsche Gesellschaft in Gottingen (1754)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/06/1728 |
| Proposer | Richard Bentley |
| William Derham |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
| Other Royal Society activity | In printed list to 1756 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBE |
| Code | NA211 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/19/94 | Copy letter from Christian Frederick Weichman, London, to Hans Sloane | 1 June 1728 |