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Authorised form of nameDingley; Robert (1710 - 1781)
Dates1710 - 1781
Date of birth12 September 1710
Place of deathLamorbey, Bexley, Kent
Date of death08 or 09 August 1781
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London (12 September 1710)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/11/1748
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
References:
John H Appleby, 'Robert Dingley, FRS (1710-1781), Merchant, Architect and Pioneering Philanthropist' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 139-154, plate
Notes:
DNB(MP) gives death date of 8 August 1781.
CodeNA1603
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1748/07Dingley, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society3 November 1748
L&P/2/56aLetter, 'Of a marine animal, stela arbroscens' from Robert Dingley to Martin Folkes8 March 1750
L&P/3/127Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Holland on Feb 18' from Robert Dingley to George Parker8 March 1756
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