| RefNo | EC/1744/06 |
| Previous numbers | Cert I, 256; A05007 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Montesquieu, Jean Baptiste: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 6 December 1744 |
| Citation | Monsieur Secondat de Montesquieu, of Bordeaux in France, only Son to Monsr de Montesquieu President of the Parliament there and a worthy Member of this Society, being desirous also of the Honour of being Elected into the Same: we whose names are under written, and to whom he is personally known, do accordingly propose him and recommend him as a Gentleman of great merit and distinction, as a man of general Learning, well versed in Mathematical and Philosophical knowledg, and every way well qualified to be a valuable and usefull fellow of the Society |
| Proposers | Martin Folkes; James Burrow; Shallett Turner |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5084 | Montesquieu; Jean Baptiste (1716 - 1796) | 1716 - 1796 |