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Authorised form of namePenneck; Richard (1728 - 1803)
Dates1728 - 1803
Place of birthGwinear, Cornwall, England
Date of birth1728
Place of deathBritish Museum, London
Date of death29 January 1803
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge
Career:
Chaplain to the Earl of Bristol when he was Ambassador at Madrid; Rector of Abinger, Surrey; Rector of St John, Horsleydown (for over 40 years); Keeper of the Reading Room, British Museum
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/04/1768
RelationshipsSon of the Steward to the Earl of Godolphin
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/71265220
CodeNA3579
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1768/04Penneck, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/4/6aUnpublished letter, on an expedition for daughters from M [Matthew] Maty to Rev Sir [Richard Penneck][1770s]
AP/4/6bFragment of paper, from 'An essay, towards elucidating the history of the sea-anemonies' by [Jacques-François Dicquemare][1773]
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