Authorised form of name | Long; Roger (1680 - 1770) |
Dates | 1680 - 1770 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Croxton Park, Norfolk, England |
Date of birth | 02 February 1680 |
Date of death | 16 December 1770 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
Research field | Astronomy |
Activity | Education: Norwich School; Pembroke College, Cambridge. BA (1701), MA (1704), DD (1728) Career: Fellow of Pembroke (1703); Private tutor to Sir Wolston Dixie at Emmanuel College (1704); Ordained deacon and priest (1716); Rector of Orton Waterville, Huntingdonshire (1716-1751); Vicar of Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire (1729); Master of Pembroke (1733-17790); Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge (1733-1734); Lowndean Professor of Astronomy (1750-1770); Rector of Bradwell-near-the-Sea, Essex (1751); Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (1769); benefactor of Pembroke College Memberships: Spalding Society
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 08/05/1729 |
Proposer | George Graham |
William Rutty |
John Theophilus Desaguliers |
Relationships | Son of Thomas Long, gent, of Croxton, Norfolk |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn References: A Rupert Hall, 'Cambridge: Newton's legacy' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 205-226 Mari Williams, 'James Bradley and the Eighteenth Century "Gap" in Attempts to Measure Annual Stellar Parallax' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 83-100 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1770), p591 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 Notes: First proposer's identity likely, but not certain |
Code | NA4976 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/002795 | Long, Roger | nd |
L&P/2/237 | Letter, 'Of comets as described in a MS in Pembroke Hall library, Cambridge' from Richard Dunthorne to Roger Long | 5 October 1751 |