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RefNoEC/1779/04
Previous numbersCert IV, 15; A56472
LevelItem
TitleThompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationBenjamin Thompson Esq, of Concord in the Province of New Hampshire in New England, A Gentleman well versed in natural Knowledge and in many Branches of Polite Learning, being desirous of the honor of Admission into this Society; We, whose names are underwritten, do on our personal Knowledge recommend him as highly deserving of that honor and likely to prove an useful and valuable Member
ProposersThomas De Grey Junr; T Anguish; John Peachey; O Salusbury Brereton; J Lockman; Ph Duval; Dan Solander; Richd Kaye; John Ingen Housz; Cha Hutton
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Thompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA8287Thompson; Benjamin (1753 - 1814); Count Rumford; physicist1753 - 1814
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