| Authorised form of name | Winthrop; John (1714 - 1779) |
| Dates | 1714 - 1779 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1714 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Date of death | 03 May 1779 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Old King's Chapel burying ground, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Career:
Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Harvard College, Boston
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/02/1766 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB
References:
Frank R Freemon, 'American Colonial Scientists Who Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 191-206
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
Notes:
Note on election certificate: Benj: Franklin signed a Bond for him for his contributions & paid his admission fee in November 1767 |
| Code | NA4933 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/15/34 | "A List of Curiosities from New England and the parts adjoining, presented to the Royal Society by John Winthrop Esqr FRS June 27 1734" | 1734 |
| L&P/6/119/1 | Letter, 'Rock inscription near Boston, Massachusetts' from John Winthrop to Timothy Hollis | 14 November 1774 |
| L&P/6/119/2 | Plate, 'Reduced copy of an inscription on a rock in Dighton about fifty miles south of Boston in New England' by John Winthrop | 2 November 1774 |
| L&P/6/119 | Paper, 'Rock inscription near Boston, Massachusetts' by John Winthrop | 14 November 1774 |
| L&P/4/375 | Paper, 'Congitata de cometis' by John Winthrop | 1767 |
| L&P/5/141 | Letter, 'The transit of Mercury' from John Winthrop to Nathaniel Bliss | 20 June 1763 |
| L&P/6/21a | Paper, 'Remarks on a passage in Castiglione's life of Newton' by John Winthrop | 4 March 1773 |
| EC/1765/28 | Winthrop, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/391/108 | Bond of John Winthrop to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 11 December 1766 |
| L&P/1/368 | Paper, 'Of the bones of a foetus coming away by the anus' by John Still Winthrop | 1745 |
| L&P/3/201 | Letter, 'Of the earthquake of 18 Nov 1755 in New England' from John Winthrop to Thomas Birch | 10 January 1756 |
| L&P/5/205 | Letter, 'Observation of the transit of Mercury, giving times observed by J Winthrop' from Benjamin Franklin to Nevil Maskelyne | 12 February 1770 |
| L&P/5/169 | Letter, 'Of the transit of Venus and the aberration of light' from John Winthrop to Benjamin Franklin | 6 September 1769 |
| L&P/4/37 | Letter, 'Of a meteor; and of a whirlwind' from John Winthrop to Thomas Birch | 30 July 1759 |