Authorised form of name | Wollaston; Francis (1694 - 1774) |
Dates | 1694 - 1774 |
Place of birth | London |
Date of birth | 06 June 1694 |
Place of death | Charterhouse Square, London |
Date of death | 27 December 1774 |
Activity | Education: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; LLB (1717) Memberships: ?FSA (1749)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 27/06/1723 |
Proposer | Richard Lucas |
Martin Folkes |
Relationships | Son of William Wollaston, gent, and his wife, Catherine Charlton; married Mary, daughter of Dr John Francis Fauquier; father of Francis Wollaston (FRS 1769), Charlton Wollaston (FRS 1756) and George Wollaston (FRS 1763); father-in-law of William Heberden (FRS 1749); grandfather of Francis John Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1786) and William Hyde Wollaston (FRS 1793) and William Heberden (FRS 1791); great grandfather of Alexander Luard Wollaston (FRS 1829) |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Venn; Romulus 2 References: Gentleman's Magazine 1774, p599 (obituary) |
Royal Society code | NA3069 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
MM/4/22 | Note from Francis Wollaston, on reform of the system to elect Foreign Members of the Society | 1777 |
L&P/1/348 | Letter, 'Of a large snake with a porcupine in its belly' from unknown author to Francis Wollaston | 23 January 1744 |
L&P/1/347 | Letter, 'Of a calculus' from William Watson to Francis Wollaston | 1745 |
L&P/5/143 | Plates, various figures and drawings by John Swinton and Francis Wollaston | 1769 |
L&P/5/262 | Paper, 'Of the going of an astronomical clock' by Francis Wollaston | 2 November 1771 |
CLP/14ii/44 | Paper, regarding the case of a person bitten by a rabid dog by David Hartley and F Sandys | [1734] |