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Authorised form of nameMaitland; William (c 1693 - 1757)
Datesc 1693 - 1757
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBrechin, Angus, Scotland
Date of birthc 1693
Place of deathMontrose, Angus
Date of death16 July 1757
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/04/1733
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Linda Levy Peck, 'Uncovering the Arundel Library at the Royal Society: Changing Meanings of Science and the Fate of the Norfolk Donation' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 3-24
CodeNA5754
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/1/70Letter, 'Answer to Mr Kerseboom's letter of 31 March 1741' from William Maitland [1741]
EC/1733/12Maitland, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society12 April 1733
CLP/17/59Paper, answer to Mr W Kersseboom's essay which considers the number of inhabitants of London by William Maitland[1739]
CLP/17/56Extract from the bills of mortality for Dresden for 1617 to 1717 containing numbers of marriages, christenings and burials, with remarks by William Maitland on the bills of mortality for Dresden and Augsburg by unknown author[1733]
RBO/21/66'An Answer to that Part of Mr Kersseboom's Essay, which treats of the Number of the inhabitants of the city of London' by William Maitland1739
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