| Authorised form of name | Wylde; Edmund (c1618 - c 1695); politician |
| Other forms of surname | Wilde |
| Dates | c 1618 - c 1695 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | ? 10 October 1618 |
| Date of death | c 1695 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
? Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, England, Europe (29 October 1618)
Burial:
Chancel at Glazeley, Shropshire, England, Europe (7 January 1695/1696) |
| Occupation | Politician; Virtuoso |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1633); Inner Temple
Career:
Called to the Bar (1644); MP for Droitwich (1646-1653)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed 9 January 1661; Experiments to soften steel without fire and to fix colours (1664); Brought in an aero-clepsydra with John Aubrey (FRS 1663); Consulted in regards to the building of a Society college (1668); Invited to bring in experimental discourse and observations (1674) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Edmund Wylde of Kempsey and Dorothy Clarke |
| OtherInfo | In his will, Wylde left substantial property and money to his family and also provided for a Mrs Jane Smith who had lived with him. As part of this, he listed a residence in the Great Square Buildings in Bloomsbury in St-Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex. Not much is known about Wylde's political career although it is possible his brother and father were also involved in politics in Droitwich. In terms of his reported discoveries in natural philosophy, Wylde was somewhat secretive and did not demonstrate his method of softening steel without fire to the Society. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster
References:
Lindberg and Westman, ed. 2008. 'Reappraisals of the scientific revolution' (University of Cambridge Press)
Ochs, K H. 1984-5. 'The Royal Society of London's History of Trades Programme: An Early Episode in Applied Science', in Notes and Records, vol. 39, pp. 129-158
Notes:
Appears on PL up to 1695 but not after. Aubrey refers to him as Edmund Wylde MP 'a great patron of ingenious and good men for mere merit's sake', but he is not in Henning.
The election date is Wylde'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 elected on 16 January 1661. |
| Code | NA6586 |