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Authorised form of nameBiggin; George (c 1762 - 1803)
Datesc 1762 - 1803
Date of birthc. 1762
Place of deathHis appartments, Charles Street, St James's Square, London
Date of death03 November 1803
ActivityCareer:
Trustee of the Opera House and Drury Lane Theatre; made a balloon ascent with Lunardi and Sage (1785); studied agriculture and experimented with tanning; invented a coffee pot
Freemason, initiated 1796, Lodge of Friendship No 3, subsequently No 6, at Thatched House Tavern, St James's Street, London
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/07/1802
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who are Masons' The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 2010 page 9
CodeNA5026
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/000368Biggin, Georgend
L&P/11/102Paper, 'Experiments to determine the quantity of tanning principle and of Gallic acid in the bark of various trees' by George Biggin1799
EC/1802/05Biggin, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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