| Authorised form of name | White; Richard (fl 1661) |
| Dates | fl 1661 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Career:
Wrote 'Hemispherium dissectum' (1648)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 26/06/1661 |
| Proposer | Sir Kenelm Digby |
| Relationships | Siblings: Thomas White (poet)
Married: 2) Catherine Weston (daughter of Earl of Portland) |
| General context | Not much is known about White's personal or professional life. It is possible he was acquainted with Thomas Hobbes, as he is said to have praised White's mathematical skills. |
| Sources | Sources:
Aubrey (1898 ed); Evelyn III, 33n
Notes:
White was not re-elected after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. He is therefore not considered an original Fellow of the Royal Society, a classification reserved for those named in the second charter of the Society granted in 1663, or elected within the following two month period stipulated therein for the declaration of Fellows. I.e the original Fellows are only those who were officially declared at the meetings of 20 May 1663 and 22 June 1663, elections like White's that predated these meetings were no longer recognised. |
| Royal Society code | NA405 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| CLP/24/71 | Notes, On admissions to the Royal Society by Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society | 17th century |