Authorised form of name | Perkins; Peter (fl 1677 - 1680); mathematician |
Dates | fl 1677 - 1680 |
Nationality | British |
Date of death | 1680 |
Occupation | Schoolmaster |
Activity | Career: Kept a school at Guildford, Surrey; Mathematics Master, Christ's Hospital, London (1679) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 05/02/1680 |
Other Royal Society activity | Submitted a paper on compass variation to the Society (1680) |
OtherInfo | Relatively little is known about Perkins' life and career. In the early 1680s, he published a work on arithmetic. He was not particularly active in the Royal Society. |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Taylor; Pearce |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72673136 |
Code | NA492 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
CLP/9ii/7 | Paper, 'Mr Perkins' discourse of variation' by Concerning variation of the compass by Mr [Peter?] Perkins | [1680] |