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Authorised form of nameGray; Stephen (? 1666 - 1736)
Other forms of nameSteven
Dates? 1666 - 1736
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCanterbury, Kent, England
Date of birth? 1666
Place of deathLondon
Date of death15 or 25 February 1736
Research fieldElectricity
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/01/1733
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1731 and 1732
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Maurice Crosland, 'Explicit Qualifications as a Criterion for Membership of the Royal Society: A Historical Review' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 167-187
J R Philip, 'Samuel Johnson as Antiscientist' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 193-203
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo 56 pp 147-166
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 15 February 1736
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/35396839
Royal Society codeNA7365
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1732/10Gray, Stephen: certificate of election to the Royal Society16 March 1732
EL/G1/55Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury28 August 1700
EL/G2/32Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse9 June 1735
EL/G1/65Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse28 January 1735
MM/15/33"A List of the Instruments and other Things made use of by the late Mr Stephen Gray FRS about his Electricall Experiments, presented to the Royall Society by his Nephew Mr John Gray MD of Canterbury"9 June 1737
RBO/2i/75'The manner of the Whale-fishing in Graenland [Greenland]' given by Stephen Gray to Henry Oldenburg4 November 1663
RBO/14/14'Extract of part of a letter from John Godfrey Esq of Norton Court near Feversham in Kent to Stephen Gray giving an account of his observations of the late total lunar eclipse'1728
CLP/17/40Paper, account of some new electrical experiments by Stephen Gray[1720]
LBO/11B/47Copy letter from Stephen Graynd
LBO/12/45Copy letter from Stephen Gray, Canterbury, to Hans Sloane4 May 1699
RBO/16/51'Of the Electricity of Water' in a letter from Stephen Gray, Charterhouse, to Cromwell Mortimer1731
EL/G1/57Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury5 February 1705
EL/G1/64Letter, from Stephen Gray to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer, dated at Norton Court19 May 1733
EL/G1/63Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse6 February 1733
CLP/2/15Paper, on making a microscope with a globule of water by [Matthias Gray][1696]
CLP/2/15/2Diagram, microscope using globule of water by [Matthias Gray][1696]
CLP/2/15/1Manuscript, on making a microscope with a globule of water by [Matthias Gray][1696]
CLP/17/28Paper, microscopical observations and experiments made by Stephen Gray[1697]
EL/G1/59Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer1729
EL/G1/62Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse15 October 1732
EL/G1/51Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury2 May 1698
EL/G1/50Letter, from Stephen Gray to Henry Hunt, dated at Canterbury22 May 1696
EL/G2/31Account of some electrical experiments by Stephen Gray, transcribed by Cromwell Mortimer14 February 1736
EL/G1/60Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse20 January 1732
EL/G1/52Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury6 March 1698
EL/G1/56Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury3 April 1704
EL/G1/53Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane dated at Canterbury4 May 1699
EL/G1/49Letter, from Stephen Gray to H[enry] Hunt, dated at Canterbury3 February 1695
EL/G1/58Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury1 May 1705
EL/G1/54Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury4 May 1700
RBO/19/53'An Account of some electrical Experiments intended to be communicated to the Royal Society' by Stephen Gray1735
RBO/18/7'Further account of Experiments relating to Electrical Attraction' in a letter to Cromwell Mortimer to Stephen Gray, Charterhouse1732
RBO/11/15'An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Several bodies newly discover'd to be Electrical' by Stephen Graynd
EL/G1/61Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse7 June 1732
EL/G2/33Letter, from Stephen Gray to Granville Wheler, dated at London6 February 1736
CLP/18ii/16/2Figures, barometers by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers1724
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