| Authorised form of name | Massey; Richard Myddleton (c 1678 - 1743) |
| Dates | c 1678 - 1743 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of death | Rostherne, Cheshire |
| Date of death | 27 March 1743 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
The chancel of Rostherne church, Cheshire |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Brasenose College, Oxford (matriculated 1697); Aberdeen. DMed (1720)
Career:
Practised in Wisbech, Isle of Ely (1706-1720), and Stepney, Middlesex (from 1720); retired to Rostherne; one of the Keepers of the Ashmolean Museum; a Nonjuror
Memberships:
FSA (1718); Extra-Licentiate RCP (1706); Hon FRCP (1726)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/10/1712 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council (1727) |
| Relationships | Son of Edward Massey of Rostherne and his wife, Elizabeth Bowles |
| Sources | Sources:
Foster; Munk's Roll
Obituaries:
Gentleman's Magazine (1743), p217
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane. Foster gives age on matriculation as 15, age at death as 65 |
| Royal Society code | NA5473 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| LBO/14/87 | Copy letter from Richard Massey of Wisbich to Hans Sloane | 18 September 1708 |
| CLP/22ii/60 | Paper, Account of [Johannes Philippus] Breynius' physical dissertation of a new class of shell called 'Polythalamiis, nova Testaceorum classe' by Richard Middleton Massey | 1733 |
| CLP/22ii/50 | Paper, Account of [Johannes Philippus] Breynius' 'Historia naturalis Cocci Radicum Tinctorii quod Polonicum vulgo audit' by Richard Middleton Massey | nd |