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Authorised form of nameBorlase; William (1695 - 1772)
Dates1695 - 1772
Date of birth02 February 1695
Place of deathLudgvan, near Penzance
Date of death31 August 1772
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/05/1750
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA2316
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1750/03Borlase, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/4/107Paper, 'Of the agitation of the sea on July 28 and of two thunderstorms' by William Borlase8 March 1762
MS/391/74Bond of William Borlase to the Treasurer of the Royal Society13 October 1750
L&P/4/188Letter, 'Of rainfall' from William Borlase to James Douglas31 December 1763
L&P/3/216Letter, 'Of trees discovered underground in Mounts Bay' from William Borlase to Charles Lyttelton24 January 1757
L&P/2/7/1Letter, 'Of spars and Cornish diamonds' from William Borlase to Emanuel Mendes da Costa18 December 1749
L&P/3/285Paper, 'On an earthquake in West Cornwall on 15 July 1757' by William Borlase1758
L&P/4/382Paper, 'Of barometer and thermometer readings for 1766, with notes from Dr William Borlase and from Lancelot St Aubyn on rain at Bridgwater 1765-6' by George Carlyle27 January 1767
L&P/5/170Paper, 'Meteorological observations for 1769 at Bridgwater and Ludgvan' by Jeremial Milles and William Borlase1770
L&P/5/98Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Ludgvan, 1768' by William Borlase1769
L&P/5/17Paper, 'Rainfall at Ludgvan, 1767' by William Borlase1768
L&P/5/227Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Ludvagan, 1770' by William Borlase1771
L&P/5/215Letter, 'Of the effects of a thunderstorm on St Kevern's church' from Anthony Williams to William Borlase1771
L&P/5/305Paper, 'Meteorological observations at Ludgvan for 1771' by William Borlase1772
L&P/2/409Letter, 'On the alteration of the island of Scilly' from William Borlase to Thomas Birch21 December 1752
L&P/5/76Letters, 'On a specimen of native tin' from Henry Rosevarne and William Borlase to Charles Morton27 January 1769
L&P/4/89Paper, 'Agitation of waters in Mounts Bay on 31 March 1761' by William Borlase1761
L&P/2/7Paper, 'Of spars and Cornish diamonds' by William Borlase18 December 1749
L&P/3/350Letter, 'Of Roman antiquities found at Bossens, St Erth, Cornwall' from William Borlase to Charles Lyttelton4 December 1758
L&P/4/306Letter, 'Of native tin' from William Borlase to Edward Mendez da Costa12 December 1765
L&P/3/63Letter, 'Of the earthquake of Nov 1' from William Borlase to C Lyttleton4 December 1755
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