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Authorised form of nameBellers; Fettiplace (1687 - ? 1752)
Dates1687 - ? 1752
NationalityBritish
Place of birthThe parish of St Andrew's, Holborn, London, England
Date of birth23 August 1687
Date of death? 1752
OccupationPlaywright
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1711
RelationshipsSon of John Bellers (FRS 1719) and his wife, Frances, daughter of Gyles Fettiplace of Coln St Aldwyn's, Gloucestershire, Quakers, whose religion he rejected
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Geoffrey Cantor, 'Quakers in the Royal Society, 1660-1750' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 175-193
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane. Withdrawn 12 Apr 1752 (Thomson's History of the Royal Society, but not noted in Council Minutes). DNB says he was dead in 1750 when his book 'A delineation of universal law' was first published, but that he resigned from the RS in 1752
CodeNA4326
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/149Bond of Fettiplace Bellers to the Treasurer of the Royal Society17 April 1712
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