| Authorised form of name | Mann; Theodore Augustin (1735 - 1809) |
| Other forms of name | Theodore Augustus |
| Dates | 1735 - 1809 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 22 June 1735 |
| Place of death | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Date of death | 23 February 1809 |
| Activity | Career:
Began legal training in London (1753) but left (1754); went to Spain and lodged with Don Ricardo Wall (FRS 1753), who obtained for him a commission in Count O'Mahony's regiment of Dragoons (1756); retired to the English Chartreuse, Nieuport, Netherlands and became their prior (in 1764); Minister of Public Instruction (1776); left the Chartreuse and became Prebendary of Courtrai Church (1777); Perpetual Secretary and Treasurer, Royal Academy of Brussels (1786); wrote on the benefits of hemlock and aconite after they apparently cured him of gout
Memberships:
FSA (1793)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/04/1788 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Alternative spelling of middle name from DNB. |
| Code | NA7272 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/11/97 | Paper, 'Account of the severe frost of winter 1798-9' by Theodor Augustin Mann | 1 March 1799 |
| L&P/11/79 | Letter, 'Account of a storm of hail 31 July and 1 August 1797 at Leumeritz' from Theodor Augustin Mann to Joseph Banks | 1 May 1798 |
| L&P/7/121 | Paper, On rivers and canals' by Theodor Augustin Mann | 1779 |
| L&P/9/190 | Paper, 'Treatise on sea-currents and their effects' by Theodore Augustine Mann | 7 September 1789 |
| L&P/11/78 | Letter, 'Some supposed vestiges of ancient volcanoes near Leutmeritz in Bohemia' from Theodor Augustin Mann to Joseph Banks | 10 November 1797 |
| L&P/9/12 | Paper, 'Memoire sur un nouveau principe d'hygrometrie [Memoir on a new principle of hygrometry]' by Theodore Augustine Mann | 30 September 1786 |
| EC/1787/30 | Mann, Theodore Augustin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |