Authorised form of name | Marum; Martin van (1750 - 1837) |
Other forms of name | Martinus van |
Dates | 1750 - 1837 |
Place of birth | Delft, Netherlands |
Date of birth | 20 March 1750 |
Place of death | Haarlem, Netherlands |
Date of death | 26 December 1837 |
Occupation | Physician |
Research field | Natural philosophy |
Medicine |
Botany |
Activity | Education: MD (Groningen) Career: Practised medicine, Haarlem; Director of the Museum for Nautral History and Physical Instruments (1784); made electrical machines; Secretary of the Holl[?] Maatschappij van Wetenschappen, Haarlem (1795)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 19/04/1798 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Altname from DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 p 99 References: W D Hackmann, 'The Design of the Triboelectric Generators of Martinus Van Marum, FRS. A Case History of the Interaction Between England and Holland in the Field of Instrument Design in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 163-181 Trevor H Levere, 'Friendship and Influence: Martinus van Marum, FRS' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 113-120, plate N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 161-175 |
Code | NA7437 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1798/06 | Marum, Martin van: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MM/3/112 | Letter from Martin van Marum, Harlem, to Sir Joseph Banks | 12 March 1796 |