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Authorised form of nameShaw; Peter (1694 - 1763)
Dates1694 - 1763
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLichfield, Staffordshire, England
Date of birth1694
Place of deathLondon
Date of death15 March 1763
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the nave of Wimbledon church, Surrey
Research fieldChemistry
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/04/1752
RelationshipsFather-in-law of Richard Warren (FRS 1764); grandfather of Charles Warren (FRS 1790) and of Pelham Warren (FRS 18130; great-grandfather of John Warren (FRS 1830)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
W H G Armytage, 'The Royal Society and the Apothecaries' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 22-37
CodeNA1667
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1752/01Shaw, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/391/76Bond of Peter Shaw to the Treasurer of the Royal Society18 June 1752
RBO/16/18'An account of a Book entitled of the portable Laboratory by Peter Shaw and Francis Hauksbee' by John Henry Hampe1731
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