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Authorised form of namePaget; Edward (? 1652 - 1703); scholar
Other forms of surnamePagitt
Dates? 1652 - 1703
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1652
Date of death1703
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1677; MA 1680)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1679); Mathematics Master at Christ's Hospital
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/11/1682
ProposerDaniel Colwall
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council 1693
Other Royal Society activityInvited to present his research to the Society (1683);
Possibly authored a paper on magnetism, which was read to the Society (1684)
OtherInfoUnfortunately, not much is known about Paget's private and family life. His appointment as mathematical master at Christ's Hospital, later the Royal Mathematical School, reportedly happened on Isaac Newton's (FRS 1672) recommendation.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Taylor; Venn
Authority:
Altname and dates from Hunter
References:
Whiteside, D T. 1991. 'The Prehistory of the Principia from 1664 to 1686', in Notes and Records, vol. 45, pp. 11-61
CodeNA5293
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/4/62Letter from Elisabeth Johnson, to the Royal Society
MS/390/98Bond of Edward Paget to the Treasurer of the Royal Society15 November 1692
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