Authorised form of name | Reynolds; Sir; Joshua (1723 - 1792) |
Surname | Reynolds |
Forenames | Joshua |
Dates | 1723 - 1792 |
Nationality | British |
Dates and places | Birth: Plympton-Earl's, Devon, England (16 July 1723) Death: His house in Leicester Fields, London (23 February 1792) Burial: Next to the grave of Bishop Newton and near that of Wren, in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, London |
Activity | Honours: Kt 1769 Memberships: Royal Academy (first President 1768-1792); Royal Society of Arts; |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/01/1761 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Martin Kemp, 'True to Their Natures: Sir Joshua Reynolds and Dr William Hunter at the Royal Academy of Arts' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 77-88 John R Levene, 'Benjamin Franklin, FRS, Sir Joshua Reynolds, FRS, PRA, Benjamin West, PRA and the Invention of Bifocals' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 141-163, plate W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316 |
Royal Society code | NA5156 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1760/14 | Reynolds, Sir Joshua: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/003798 | Reynolds, Sir Joshua | nd |
CB/2/500 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Joshua Reynolds | 17 January 1791 |