| Authorised form of name | Pryme; Abraham de la (1672 - 1704) |
| Other forms of name | Abraham |
| Other forms of surname | de la Pryme |
| Dates | 1672 - 1704 |
| Place of birth | Hatfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 15 January 1672 |
| Date of death | 13 June 1704 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Hatfield Church, Yorkshire |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Pupil of William Eratt, minister of Hatfield; St John's College, Cambridge; BA (1694)
Career:
Ordained deacon; Curate of Broughton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire (1695-1697); ordained priest (1698); Curate of Holy Trinity, Hull (1698); Vicar of Thorne, near Hatfield (1701); corresponded with Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697) and Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685); died of a fever caught while visiting the sick |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1702 |
| Relationships | Son of Mathias or Matthew de la Pryme, whose family, originally Huguenots from Ypres, had lost money in draining the fens at Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Peter Smagge or Smaque, a Huguenot from Paris; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/66838087 |
| Royal Society code | NA4907 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| LBO/13/24 | Copyletter from the East Indies by John Marshall to Dr Coga, and communicated by the Abraham De La Pryme to Hans Sloane | 1701 |
| EL/P1/106 | Reverend Abraham de la Pryme, dated at Hull, to Hans Sloane | 14 September 1700 |
| EL/P1/105 | Reverend Abraham de la Pryme, dated at Hull, to Hans Sloane | 2 August 1700 |
| MC/8/390 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 3 July 1869 |
| MC/8/391 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 July 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |