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Authorised form of nameJones; William (1726 - 1800)
Dates1726 - 1800
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLowick, Northamptonshire, England
Date of birth30 July 1726
Date of death06 January 1800
ActivityEducation:
BA (1749, University College, Oxford)
Career:
Vicar of Bethersden, Kent (1764); Rector of Pluckley, Kent (1765); Perpetual curate, Nayland, Suffolk (1777)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/06/1775
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Royal Society codeNA2576
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MS/391/170Bond of William Jones to the Treasurer of the Royal Society15 August 1775
EC/1775/10Jones, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/6/77Paper, 'Of the expansive force of fire' by William Jones14 May 1774
P/0240Portrait of Jones, Williamca.1800
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