| Authorised form of name | Dyer; Samuel (1725 - 1772) |
| Dates | 1725 - 1772 |
| Date of birth | 1725 |
| Date of death | 15 September 1772 |
| Activity | Education:
Dr Doddridge's Academy, Northampton
Career:
Original member of the Club founded by Dr Samuel Johnson; was acquainted with Edmund Burke, and joined the Literary Club (1764); obtained an appointment in the War Office
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/03/1760 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138 |
| Code | NA5836 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1759/17 | Dyer, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/27/278 | Letter from W.H Quarrell, 60 Redcliffe Gardens, S.W, to the [Royal Society] | November 1912 |
| MM/5/39 | Memorial from the Royal Society to King George III concerning the Transit of Venus of 1769 | c.1768 |