| Authorised form of name | Pryme; Abraham de la (1672 - 1704); antiquary |
| Other forms of name | Abraham |
| Other forms of surname | de la Pryme |
| Dates | 1672 - 1704 |
| Nationality | English |
| Place of birth | Hatfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 15 January 1672 |
| Date of death | 13 June 1704 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Hatfield Church, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Pupil of William Eratt, minister of Hatfield; St John's College, Cambridge; BA (1694)
Career:
Ordained deacon; Curate of Broughton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire (1695-1697); ordained priest (1698); Curate of Holy Trinity, Hull (1698); Vicar of Thorne, near Hatfield (1701); corresponded with Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697) and Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685); died of a fever caught while visiting the sick |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1702 |
| Age at election | 30 |
| RSActivity | Communicated with the Society on topics such as natural history, aracheology, and meteorology. Corresponded with Hans Sloane (1685) and Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697). |
| Relationships | Parents: Matthias de la Pryme (whose family, originally Huguenots from Ypres, had lost money in draining the fens at Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire) and Sarah Smague (or Smagge, daughter of Peter Smagge, a Huguenot from Paris).
Spouse: Unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/66838087 |
| Code | NA4907 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/P1/106 | Letter, from Reverend Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane, dated at Hull | 14 September 1700 |
| LBO/13/24 | Copyletter from the East Indies by John Marshall to Dr Coga, and communicated by the Abraham De La Pryme to Hans Sloane | 1701 |
| EL/P1/105 | Letter, from Reverend Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane, dated at Hull | 2 August 1700 |
| MC/8/390 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 3 July 1869 |
| MC/8/391 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 July 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |