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Authorised form of nameTollet; George (c 1684 - 1714)
Datesc 1684 - 1714
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of birthc 1684
Date of death30 November 1714
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Westminster Abbey
OccupationSchoolmaster
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1706), MA (1709)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1708); ordained deacon (1708); Second Master of Westminster School (1711-1714)
[Musgrave describes him as 'Extra Commissioner of the Navy' and gives date of election but no date of death]
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/06/1713
ProposerSir Isaac Newton
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Tollet of London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn
References:
K Theodore Hoppen, 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 78-99
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/621152744560327850003
CodeNA517
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EL/T/49Letter, from George Tollet to William Molyneux, dated at Dublin21 September 1686
MS/390/153Bond of George Tollet to the Treasurer of the Royal Society25 June 1713
CLP/6/38Paper, regarding calculations for determining the weight of a bullet by Geo [George] Tollet15 July 1685
EL/T/47Copy of a letter, from George Tollet to William Molyneux, dated at Dublin1686
EL/T/48Letter, from George Tollet to William Molyneux, dated at Dublin17 July 1686
CLP/1/20/1Manuscripts, regarding a rule of gunnery by [Edmond Halley and George Tollet?][1685]
EL/T/46Letter, from George Tollet to Charles Willoughby4 July 1685
CLP/1/20Papers, regarding a rule of gunnery by [Edmond Halley?][1685]
EL/T/45Letter, from George Tollet to John Collins, dated at London19 August 1675
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