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RefNoEC/1747/08
Previous numbersCert I, 318; A06567
LevelItem
TitleBlanc, John Bernard Le: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionNote on certificate: Balloted & rejected Octr 29 1747.
Between the names of Sallier and M Folkes appears the following paragraph:
Tho the Abbe le Blanc is not personally known to my Self, I desire on the above recommendatin from So many persons of merit and distinction my particular friends, to ad my Suffrage
CitationWe the underwritten foreign Members of the Royal Society of London, do hereby Certify that Abbe John Bernard Le Blanc is very worthy of the honer he aspires to, of being admitted a Fellow of the Said Society. He has by his works given proof of his abilities, and it is with pleasure that we joyn our particular Testimony, of the general esteem he has deserved from the public.
At Paris this 21st of February 1747
ProposersFontenelle; Morand; Buffon; Clairaut; Dortous de Marian; Du hamel de Monceau; Hellot; Montesquieu; Sallier; M Folkes; R Mead; H Baker
AccessStatusOpen
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Blanc, John Bernard Le: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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