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Authorised form of nameWhitefoord; Caleb (1734 - 1810)
Dates1734 - 1810
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth1734
Place of deathAt his residence in Argyll Street, London
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Paddington churchyard, London
ActivityEducation:
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
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/06/1784
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7258
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/5/846Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr B F Stevens, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.2 November 1891
NLB/5/1044Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Clarence W Bowen, 25 Broadway, New York [USA]18 December 1891
EC/1784/07Whitefoord, Caleb: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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