| RefNo | EC/1741/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert I, 187; A56179 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Vigny, Pierre de: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 10 December 1741 |
| Citation | Ds ... de Vigny Reg Acad Architect Paris Socius
This Gentleman being desirous to become a fellow of the Royal Society is recommended in the following manner
We the underwritten, members of the Royal Society of London & of the R Acad of Sciences at Paris, do certify that the Sieur de Vigny member of the Royal Acad of Architecture at Paris is known to us to be a person of distinction in his Profession, that he hath a long time had the direction of the Buildings of the Royal Hospital of Invalides, and that he is daily consulted upon the greatest undertakings in Architecture: in testimony whereof we have given the Said M de Vigny this present certificate, in order to recommend him to the illustrious Royal Society. Paris April 1 1741
Signed Moraud. Fontenelle.
In concurrence to which recommendation and in consideration of M de Vigny's having been known to Several of us during his being in London with his intimate friend the Late M du Fay, and thinking him a person qualified for this Honour we propound him as a Candidate. |
| Proposers | Hans Sloane; Martin Folkes; Cromll Mortimer; John Machin |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6807 | Vigny; Pierre de (fl 1741) | fl 1741 |