| Authorised form of name | Edgworth; Richard Lovell (1744 - 1817) |
| Other forms of surname | Edgeworth |
| Dates | 1744 - 1817 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Pierrepont Street, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Date of birth | 31 May 1744 |
| Date of death | 13 June 1817 |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (entered 1761)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/07/1781 |
| Relationships | Father of Maria Edgeworth (novelist); father of Lovell Edgworth (FRS 1822); his fourth wife was the sister of Sir Francis Beaufort (FRS 1814); father-in-law of Thomas Romney Robinson, FRS |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham; A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161
D G King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin, Man of Ideas and Inventor of Words' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 149-180
Desmond King-Hele, 'The 1997 Wilkins Lecture: Erasmus Darwin, the Lunaticks and Evolution' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 153-180
Desmond King-Hele, 'Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages - and cars' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 41-62, plate
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
J Browne, 'Darwin on Darwin. Charles Darwin's The Life of Erasmus Darwin, ed D King-Hele' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 346 - 348 |
| Code | NA5619 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005718 | Edgworth, Richard Lovell | nd |
| L&P/6/232/1 | Paper, 'Of the springs of carriages' by Richard Lovell Edgworth | 1777 |
| L&P/6/232/2 | Plate, 'Springs in carriages' by Richard Lovell Edgworth | 1777 |
| L&P/6/232 | Paper, 'Of the springs of carriages' by Richard Lovell Edgworth | 1777 |
| EC/1781/14 | Edgworth, Richard Lovell: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/8/9 | Letter, 'Of the force and velocity of the wind' from Richard Lovell Edgworth to Joseph Banks | 1782 |