| Authorised form of name | Pepys; William Hasledine (1775 - 1856); surgical instrument maker and natural philosopher |
| Dates | 1775 - 1856 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1775 |
| Place of death | Earl's Terrace, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Date of death | 17 August 1856 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Terrace Catacombs, Highgate Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Occupation | Scientific and surgical instrument maker |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticeship under his father (1789-1796); liveryman with Worshipful Company of Cutlers (1796); succeeded to and extended his father's business to include scientific instruments (1805); developed various apparatus including a soda-water apparatus (1798), a eudiometer (1807), a voltaic coil (1817), and a mercury gasometer; twice master in the Cutlers' Company (1820s); benefactor to the Cutlers' charities; designed and equipped the London Institution's laboratory at Finsbury Circus (1819); fulfilled a variety of roles within the Royal Institution (1800-1846)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Geological Society (active in the British Mineralogical Society (1799) and the Askesian Society, merged to form Geological Society; Treasurer and Vice-President); Society of Arts (1801); Pitt Club (1822); Royal Asiatic Society (1823); Athenaneum; Royal Institution (one of original proprietors, PRI)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/01/1808 |
| Age at election | 32 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Sworn in on 1 December 1832
Committee and panels:
Metereological Committee (22 December 1831); ; Committee for Report on Hydrometer (1 December 1832); ; Catalogue Committee (5 December 1833); ; Excise Committee (1 December 1832); ; Committee of Chemistry (31 May 1838) |
| Relationships | Parents: William Hasledine Pepys and Letitia Weedon
Married: Lydia Walton
Children: seven overall, including William Hasledine Pepys and Robert Edmond Pepys |
| OtherInfo | Pepys was one of the founding members of the Askesian Society in 1796 and also frequently corresponded and collaborated with Quaker scientists such as William Allen and Luke Howard. His inventions and apparatus contributed to progress in a variety of fields, e.g. chemistry, botany, and medicine. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; ODNB
'The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts' (London), Vol. 1, pp.193-194
References:
David Gooding, '"He Who Proves, Discovers": John Herschel, William Pepys and the Faraday Effect' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 229-244 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/40162552 |
| Code | NA7547 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1807/17 | Pepys, William Hasledine: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/13/89 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 13 January 1835 |
| CB/1/1/227 | Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet to Charles Blagden | 31 August 1808 |
| IM/003510 | Pepys, William Hasledine | nd |
| MS/155 | Notes and reprints of papers by William Hasledine Pepys | 19th century |
| RR/1/54 | Referee's report by James Cumming and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Some experiments and observations on the combinations of carbonic acid and ammonia' by John Davy | [1830] |
| RR/1/176 | Referee's report by Thomas Graham, on a paper 'On the respiration of the leaves of plants' by William Hasledine Pepys | 10 October 1843 |
| RR/1bis/37 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry into the influence nitrogen on the growth of plants' by Robert Rigg | 13 July 1838 |
| RR/1/90 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Observations on heat lightening' by Hancock | 14 March 1833 |
| RR/1/68 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the nature and origin of the Aurora Borealis' by George Fisher | [1830] |
| MM/13/84 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 11 December 1832 |
| MM/13/85 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 20 December 1832 |
| MM/13/90 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 13 January 1835 |
| MM/13/91 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 20 February 1836 |
| PT/1/18/1 | Manuscript, 'On the quantity of carbon in carbonic acid' by Wm [William] Allen and Wm [William] Hasledine Pepys | [1807] |
| CMP/1/1 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 1 December 1832 |
| RR/1/44 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Further observations on voltaic combinations' by John Frederic Daniell | 1 June 1837 |
| MM/13/87 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 22 January 1833 |
| MM/13/86 | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee | 15 January 1833 |
| CMP/1/2 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 13 December 1832 |
| PT/1/16/2 | Plate, figures showing components of eudiometer by Silv [Silvanus] Bevan | [1807] |
| PT/1/18 | Paper, 'On the quantity of carbon in carbonic acid' by Wm [William] Allen and Wm [William] Hasledine Pepys | [1807] |
| PT/2/17/1 | Manuscript, 'On the changes produced in atmospheric air, and oxygen gas by respiration' by W [William] Allen and W H [William Hasledine] Pepys | [1808] |
| PT/3/26/3 | Plate, final engraving showing design and arrangement of water gasometer, drawn by Martin and engraved by J [James] Basire | [1809] |
| PT/3/26 | Paper, 'On respiration' by Wm [William] Allen and Wm [William] Hasledyne [Hasledine] Pepys | [1809] |
| PT/2/17/2 | Plate, diagram of water gasometer by Silvanus Bevan | [1808] |
| PT/3/26/2 | Plate, engraving showing design and arrangement of water gasometer, drawn by Martin and engraved by J [James] Basire | [1809] |
| PT/27/11 | Paper, 'On the respiration of the leaves of plants' by Wm [William] Hasledine Pepys | [1843] |
| PT/16/18 | Paper, 'An account of an apparatus on a peculiar construction for performing electro-magnetic experiments' by W H [William Hasledine] Pepys | [1823] |
| PT/16/18/1 | Manuscript, 'An account of an apparatus on a peculiar construction for performing electro-magnetic experiments' by W H [William Hasledine] Pepys | [1823] |
| PT/16/18/2 | Plate, diagram of Pepys' electromagnetic apparatus by [William Hasledine Pepys] | [1823] |
| RR/1/80 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Researches on the arseriates, phosphates, and modifications of phosphoric acid' by Thomas Graham | [1833] |
| RR/1/137 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On certain properties of vapour' by Dionysius Lardner | [c.1832] |
| RR/1/175 | Referee's report by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'On the respiration of the leaves of plants' by William Hasledine Pepys | 22 September 1843 |
| PT/1/16/1 | Manuscript, 'A new eudiometer, accompanied with experiments, elucidating its application' by Wm [William] Hasledine Pepys | [1807] |
| PT/1/18/2 | Plate, illustration of gasometer by S [Silvanus] Bevan | [1807] |
| RR/1/206 | Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie and William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the law which connects the various magneto-electric phenomena, lastly discovered by Dr Faraday' by William Ritchie | 31 January 1838 |
| PT/2/17 | Paper, 'On the changes produced in atmospheric air, and oxygen gas by respiration' by W [William] Allen and W H [William Hasledine] Pepys | [1808] |
| PT/3/26/1 | Manuscript, 'On respiration' by Wm [William] Allen and Wm [William] Hasledyne [Hasledine] Pepys | [1809] |
| PT/1/16 | Paper, 'A new eudiometer, accompanied with experiments, elucidating its application' by Wm [William] Hasledine Pepys | [1807] |
| RR/1/79 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'Inquiries respecting the constitution of salts. Of oxalates, nitrates, phosphates, sulphates and chlorides' by Thomas Graham | [1837] |
| RR/1/48 | Referee's report by William Hasledine Pepys, on a paper 'On the quantity and quality of the gases disengaged from the thermal spring which supplies the King's Bath in the City of Bath' by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny | [1834] |
| HS/13/337 | Letter, from William Hasledine Pepys to Sir John Herschel | 30 January 1821 |
| HS/13/340 | Letter, from William Hasledine Pepys to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington | 12 November 1845 |
| HS/13/338 | Letter, from William Hasledine Pepys to Sir John Herschel | 11 March 1823 |
| HS/13/339 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Hasledine Pepys, dated at Collingwood | 9 November 1845 |