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Authorised form of nameBon de Saint-Hilaire; Francois Xavier (1678 - 1761)
Other forms of nameFrancois-Xavier de
Francois-Xavier
Other forms of surnameDe Bon
Dates1678 - 1761
NationalityFrench
Date of birth15 October 1678
Date of death18 January 1761
OccupationFounding member of the Academie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/02/1739
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Royal Society codeNA3749
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1738/14Bon, Francois Xavier: certificate of election to the Royal Society15 February 1739
EL/W3/85Letter, from Richard Waller to Francois-Xavier Bon7 May 1714
L&P/2/380Paper, 'On pretended fossil dice from Baden, Suisse' from Francois Xavier Bon1753
CLP/15i/66Paper, 'De aranearum usu et utilitate ferici dissertatio' ['A discourse upon the usefulness of the silk of spiders'] by [Francois Xavier] BonDecember 1710
EL/B3/39Letter, from Marquis de Bon to the Royal Society, dated at MontpellierMay 1710
EL/B3/40Translation of a letter, from the Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier18 August 1738
EL/B3/41Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier20 March 1739
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