| Authorised form of name | Bromhead; Sir; Edward Thomas Ffrench (1789 - 1855) |
| Dates | 1789 - 1855 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 26 March 1789 |
| Place of death | Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire |
| Date of death | 14 March 1855 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. BA (1812), MA (1815)
Career:
Called to the Bar at Middle Temple (1813); High Steward of Lincoln
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/03/1817 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Sir Gonville Bromhead and his wife Jane Ffrench; succeeded as 2nd Bart (1822); unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Eric H Mansfield, 'The Miller of Sneinton', review of D M Cannell, George Green, Mathematician & Physicist 1793-1841 in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 321-322
M V Wilkes, 'Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the Development of the Cambridge Curriculum' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 205-219 |
| Code | NA6997 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PT/10/26 | Paper, 'On the fluents of irrational functions' by Edward French Bromhead | [1816] |
| EC/1816/16 | Bromhead, Sir Edward Thomas Ffrench: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AP/12/2/1 | Unpublished manuscript, regarding telescopes by John Boole | 27 February 1825 |
| AP/12/2 | Unpublished paper, regarding telescopes by John Boole | 27 February 1825 |
| AP/12/2/2 | Unpublished diagram, lenses in achromatic eyepiece by John Boole | 27 February 1825 |