| Authorised form of name | Gravesande; Willem Jakob 's (1688 - 1742) |
| Other forms of name | Willem Jakob |
| 'sGravesande, Willem Jacob |
| Other forms of surname | s Gravesande |
| Dates | 1688 - 1742 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Place of birth | s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 26 September 1688 |
| Place of death | Leyden, Netherlands |
| Date of death | 28 February 1742 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Mathematics |
| Philosophy |
| Activity | Education:
Educated at home by a tutor named Tourton; Leyden. LLD
Career:
Practised law at The Hague; with Justus van Effen (FRS 1715) one of the founders of the 'Journal litteraire de la Haye' (1713); Secretary to the Dutch Embassy to George I (1715); Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Leyden (1717); summoned to Kassel by the Landgrave of Hesse to judge a perpetual motion machine; Professor of Philosophy, Leyden (1734)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1715 |
| Proposer | William Burnett |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate
A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34
J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238 |
| Code | NA3219 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001746 | Gravesande, Willem Jakob's | nd |
| CLP/18ii/35 | Paper, Account of an experiment contrived by Dr Gravesande, Professor at Leyden, relating to the force of moving bodies now to be shown to the Royal Society by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers | [1732] |
| EL/G2/25 | Letter, from G[ulielmus] J[acobus] Gravesande to Job Baster, dated at Leyden | 1738 |
| EL/G2/26 | Translation of a letter, from G[ulielmus] J[acobus] Gravesande to Job Baster, dated at Leyden | 1738 |