| Authorised form of name | Pemberton; Henry (1694 - 1771) |
| Surname | Pemberton |
| Forenames | Henry |
| Dates | 1694 - 1771 |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (1694)
Death:
London (09 March 1771) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Physics, mathematics, physiology, medicine
Profession:
Physician
Education:
Paris; St Thomas's Hospital, London; Leyden; MD (1719); Cambridge; MD (Com Reg 1728)
Career:
Practised little, owing to ill health; friend of Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672), the 3rd edition of whose 'Principia' he prepared for the press; Professor of Physic, Gresham College, London (1728); prepared the fifth 'London Pharmacopoeia' for the Royal College of Physicians (1746) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
30/11/1720
Proposers:
Edmond Halley; Richard Mead
Council:
1724, 1726 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Innes Smith; Venn
References:
A Rupert Hall, 'Newton and His Editors. The Wilkins Lecture, 1973' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 29-52
J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238
Gentleman's Magazine 1771, p143 (obituary)
London Magazine 1771, p175 (obituary) |
| Royal Society code | NA5860 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/H3/132 | William Hallett, dated at Exeter, to Henry Pemberton | 12 October 1726 |
| L&P/2/87 | Letter, 'Of a case of small pox' from George Bayly to Henry Pemberton | 1750 |
| L&P/1/307 | Letter, 'Of a boy shot through the lungs' from Nicholas Peters and William Hallett to Henry Pemberton | 12 September 1744 |
| L&P/5/307 | Paper, 'Geometrical solutions of two celebrated astronomical problems' by Henry Pemberton | 1772 |