| Authorised form of name | Persall; Sir; William (1601 -) |
| Other forms of surname | Peshall |
| Pearsall |
| Dates | 1601 - |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 7 October 1601 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Horsley or Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, Europe (20 October 1601) |
| Activity | Education:
Gray's Inn (admitted 1622)
Career:
Known to John Collins (FRS 1667) and dedicatee of a book by Sir Jonas Moore (FRS 1674)
Honours:
Kt 1628
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Mechanical Committee (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed on 19 December 1660; Developed experiments with vitriol (1661); Reported magnetical observations to the Society (1662); Experimented with loadstone [lodestone] (1662) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir John Persall [Peshall] and Anne Sheldon
Married: 1) Mary Thimmelby; 2) Frances Aston |
| OtherInfo | Not much is known about William Persall with regards to his personal and professional life and in a majority of sources, only information as to peerage is noted. His contributions to the Society's ordinary meetings showcase an interest in natural philosophy and the increasing development of magnetic observations. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Shaw; Taylor; Burke EDB; Dugdale (see References)
References:
De Beer, E S. 1950. 'The Earliest Fellows of the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 7(2), pp. 172-192
Dugdale, W. 1912. 'Staffordshire pedigrees' (Harleain Society)
Notes:
The election date is Persall's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 4 March 1661.
Proposed, according to Hunter, 26 Dec 1660 and last in 1670 list. In index to BR, [? 1626] has been added next to the date for his knighthood given above. |
| Code | NA4543 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/9ii/4 | Paper, Of magnets and magnetic rocks in Anglesey by William Persall | 1660s |