Authorised form of name | Whitefoord; Caleb (1734 - 1810) |
Dates | 1734 - 1810 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Date of birth | 1734 |
Place of death | At his residence in Argyll Street, London |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Paddington churchyard, London |
Activity | Education: Edinburgh University Career: Counting house of a wine merchant, London; set up his own business as a wine merchant, 8 Craven Street, London; Intermediary between Benjamin Franklin, as Minister of the United States at Versailles, and the British Government; Secretary of commission concluding peace with America; neighbour and friend of Benjamin Franklin, in Craven Street, London
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 24/06/1784 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
Code | NA7258 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
NLB/5/846 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr B F Stevens, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C. | 2 November 1891 |
NLB/5/1044 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Clarence W Bowen, 25 Broadway, New York [USA] | 18 December 1891 |
EC/1784/07 | Whitefoord, Caleb: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |