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Authorised form of nameBradley; Richard (- 1732)
Dates - 1732
NationalityBritish
Place of deathCambridge
Date of death04 or 05 November 1732
Research fieldBotany
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Botany at Cambridge (1724-1732) on the recommendation of William Sherard (FRS 1720); his ignorance of Latin and Greek and his failure to perform his duties caused great scandal
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/12/1712
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn
References:
Frank N Egerton, 'Richard Bradley's Relationship with Sir Hans Sloane' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 59-77
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1732), p.1082.
M Santer 'How it happened that a portion of a treatise entitled "New Improvements of Planting and Gardening both Philosophical and Practical" by Richard Bradley FRS which dealt with blights of trees and plants, provided the first report of an environment that contained green sulphur photosynthesis bacteria' NR 2007 Vol 61 pp 327-332

Notes:
Proposed by Robert Balle. Possible death date of 04 November 1732
Royal Society codeNA2602
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/004737Bradley, RichardOctober 2004
IM/004736Bradley, RichardOctober 2004
MS/390/152Bond of Richard Bradley to the Treasurer of the Royal Society11 December 1712
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