| Authorised form of name | Durand; David (1680 - 1763) |
| Dates | 1680 - 1763 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Sommieres, France |
| Date of birth | 1680 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 16 January 1763 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Huguenot |
| Activity | Education:
Basle. MA
Career:
Went to Holland and accompanied a corps of French Protestant refugees to Spain, where he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Almanza (1707); escaped being burnt alive as a heretic on the intervention of the Duke of Berwick; sent to Montpellier, he escaped to Geneva and then to Holland; Pastor at Rotterdam; went to London (1711); Pastor of the French Church, St Martin's Lane and later of the French Church in the Savoy
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/01/1729 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DBF
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1763, p46
Notes:
Proposed by John Gaspar Scheuchzer; Sir Hans Sloane; Peter Desmaizeaux |
| Code | NA7721 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/391/39 | Bond of David Durand to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 6 May 1740 |