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Authorised form of nameDesaguliers; Thomas (1721 - 1780)
Dates1721 - 1780
Place of birthWestminster
Date of birth5 January 1721
Place of deathWoolwich, near London
Date of death01 March 1780
ActivityCareer:
Entered Royal Regiment of Artillery (1740); Chief Firemaster, Woolwich (1748-1780); Lieutenant General (1777); first scientific maker of cannon and first regular investigator of gunnery in England
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/02/1780
RelationshipsYoungest son of Rev John Theophilus Desaguliers (FRS 1714)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Date of birth courtesy of Dr Audrey Carpenter found in family bible.
CodeNA2690
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1779/26Desaguliers, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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