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Authorised form of nameMoore; Sir; Jonas (-1682)
Dates-1682
NationalityBritish
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
His father's tomb in the Chapel of the Tower of London, England, Europe
ActivityCareer:
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance (1679-1681)
Honours:
Kt 1680
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/03/1680
ProposerRobert Hooke
RelationshipsParents: Sir Jonas Moore (FRS 1674) and Eleanor Wren
OtherInfoNot much is known about this Jonas Moore, apart from his succession to his father's role as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); Hunter
Willmoth, F. 1993. 'Sir Jonas Moore: Practical Mathematics and Restoration Science' (Boydell & Brewer)
Notes:
Hunter gives election date as 11 March 1680. Source of death date is a note in the printed copy of Hooke's diary, p507. Not on PL after 1681; although Hunter gives death date as 1682.
References:
Cook, A. 2003. 'The end of the affair. The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, vol 3 (1703-1719) by E G Forbes, L Murdin and F Willmoth', in Notes and Records, vol. 57, pp. 113-116
CodeNA4366
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/52Bond of Sir Jonas Moore to the Treasurer of the Royal Society3 December 1674
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