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Authorised form of nameTwiss; Richard (1747 - 1821)
Dates1747 - 1821
NationalityBritish
Place of birthRotterdam
Date of birth26 April 1747
Place of deathSomers Town, London
Date of death05 March 1821
ActivityCareer:
Travelled on the Contintent, before returning to England (1770); published 'Travels through Portugal and Spain' after visiting those countries (1772 and 1773); travelled in Ireland (1775); experimented with making paper from straw
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1774
RelationshipsSon of an English merchant
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Withdrew from the RS 1794.
CodeNA1567
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/004686Twiss, Richardnd
EC/1774/17Twiss, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/391/162Bond of Richard Twiss to the Treasurer of the Royal Society16 June 1774
L&P/6/74Paper, 'Of a snake stone' by Richard Twiss12 May 1774
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