| Authorised form of name | Gale; Thomas (c1636 - 1702); scholar and antiquarian |
| Dates | c1636 - 1702 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Scruton, Yorkshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1635 or 1636 |
| Place of death | York, Yorkshire, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 8 April 1702 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
The middle of the choir of York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1658/98; MA 1662; BD and DD 1675); incorporated at Oxford (1669)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1659); signed for priest's orders (1666); Vicar of Barrington, Cambridgeshire (1667); Regius Professor of Greek (1672); High Master of St Paul's (1672-1697); Prebendary of St Paul's (1676); Dean of York (1697-1702) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/12/1677 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Secretary 1679-1681, 1685-1693; VP 1682- , 1685-; Council 1678-1681, 1683, 1685-1695, 1697 |
| Relationships | Parents: Christopher Gale and Frances Conyers
Married: Barbara Pepys
Children: Roger Gale (FRS 1717); Samuel Gale
Additional relatives: son-in-law William Stukeley (FRS 1718) |
| Published works | RCN: 40142
RCN: 40141 |
| General context | Throughout his life, Gale published multiple works, including a collection 'Opuscula mythologica, ethica, et physica' as well as editions by Greek and Latin authors. He is, however, most well-known for his collection of works on Early English history (1687). He was a friend and correspondent of Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665). |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Hunter; Foster
Notes:
DNB has 7 April as date of death. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/46783945 |
| Royal Society code | NA5147 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/B2/35 | Letter, from Johannes Bohr, to Dr Gale | 8 January 1681 |
| IM/001592 | Gale, Thomas | nd |
| LBO/11B/88 | Copy of an [anonymous] letter to Thomas Gale | nd |
| LBO/8/66 | Copy letter from John Wallis, Oxford, to Thomas Gale | 14 December 1680 |
| LBO/10/99 | Copy letter from William Musgrave, New College Oxford, to Thomas Gale | 17 January 1685 [1686] |
| LBO/10/106 | Copy letter from John Ray, Black Notley, to Thomas Gale | 3 May 1686 |
| P/0047 | Portrait of Gale, Thomas | |
| IM/001593 | Gale, Thomas | nd |
| EL/A/36 | Letter, from St George Ashe to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Trinity College Dublin | 27 April 1686 |
| MS/557/2/1 | Secretarial notes of Royal Society meetings by Thomas Gale and others, 1686-91 | 10 March 1686-25 February 1691 |
| EL/L1/61 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft | 28 September 1680 |
| EL/L1/58 | Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale | 1680 |
| EL/T/54 | Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Thomas Gale, dated at Leeds | 6 November 1697 |
| EL/L1/57 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft | 14 June 1680 |
| EL/V/34 | Translated extract of a letter, from Joannes Weichard Valvasor to Thomas Gale | nd |
| EL/V/33 | Letter, from John W[eichard] Valvasor to Thomas Gale | August 1686 |
| EL/F2/2 | Letter, from Samuel Foley to the Secretary, dated at Stourbridge in Worcestershire | 5 July 1687 |
| CLP/16/23 | Paper, 'Sententia D [...] de origine siphrarum, ex esusdem demonstratione evangelica' [On the origin of the siphras or siphon from 'Demonstratione evangelica'] by Dr [Thomas] Gale | 1686 |
| EL/B2/34 | Letter, from Johannes Bohr, to Dr Gale | 15 July 1681 |
| EL/H2/54 | Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Thomas Gale, dated at Danzig (Gdansk) | 9 January 1682 |
| RBO/6/140 | Letter, from Thomas Gale to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London | 26/02/1679 |
| EL/L1/53 | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale, dated at Delft | 13 May 1680 |
| EL/L1/54 | Summary of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Thomas Gale | 13 May 1680 |
| EL/H2/68 | Letter, from Elizabeth Hevelius to Thomas Gale, dated at Gedani [Gdansk, Poland] | 1 November 1687 |