| Authorised form of name | Wheler; Granville (1701 - 1770); natural philosopher |
| Dates | 1701 - 1770 |
| Place of birth | London |
| Date of birth | August 1701 |
| Date of death | 12 May 1770 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Otterden church, near Charing, Kent |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Electricity |
| Activity | Education:
Mr Rymer's School at Durham; Christ's College, Cambridge; BA (1721), MA (1724); Incorporated at Oxford (1734)
Career:
Fellow of Christ's (1722); ordained deacon and priest (1737); Rector of Leake, Nottinghamshire (1737-1770); Prebendary of Southwell (1753-1770)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/06/1728 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir George Wheler (FRS 1677), DD, Canon of Durham, and his wife, Grace, daughter of Thomas Higgons of Grewell, Hampshire
Married: 1) Catherine Maria, daughter of Theophilus Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon; 2) May, daughter of John Dove of London |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (father's entry); Venn; Foster; Le Neve |
| Code | NA5357 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/24/24 | Copy letter from Granville Wheler, Otterden Place, to Cromwell Mortimer | 21 November 1737 |
| RBO/20/34 | 'A Report of the Electrical Experiments made by Granville Wheler at the Royal Society's House on May 11 1737' | 1737 |
| EL/W4/2 | Letter, from Granville Wheler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Otterden Place | 21 November 1737 |
| EL/W4/1 | Letter, from Granville Wheler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Otterden Place | 19 December 1737 |
| RBO/20/35 | 'An Account of what further Electrical Experiments Mr Wheler hath made since May 11 1737 at the Royal Society's house London' by Cromwell Mortimer | 1737 |
| EL/G2/33 | Letter, from Stephen Gray to Granville Wheler, dated at London | 6 February 1736 |
| L&P/1/379 | Letter, 'Rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axes before the fire' from Granville Wheler to the President of the Royal Society | 28 March 1745 |