Authorised form of name | Witchell; George (- 1785) |
Surname | Witchell |
Forenames | George |
Dates | - 1785 |
Dates and places | Death: 29 January 1785 |
Activity | Research Field: Astronomy Career: Published a map of the moon's shadow across England in the solar eclipse (1764); Headmaster, Royal Academy, Portsmouth (1767) |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/07/1767 |
Relationships | Descended, on his mother's side, from Daniel Quare, clock and watchmaker. Was a Quaker, but became Church of England |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll References: 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 |
Royal Society code | NA6923 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1767/22 | Witchell, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MS/391/118 | Bond of George Witchell to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 9 July 1767 |
L&P/5/274 | Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Portsmouth' from Captain Wallis to George Witchell | 9 August 1771 |