Authorised form of name | More; Robert (1703 - 1780) |
Dates | 1703 - 1780 |
Nationality | British |
Date of birth | 1703 |
Place of death | Linley, Shropshire |
Date of death | 05 or 12 January 1780 |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: Queens' College, Cambridge. BA (1725), MA (1728) Career: Fellow of Queens' College; MP for Bishop's Castle (1727-1741); MP for Shrewsbury (1754-1761); travelled to Portugal and Spain (1749), Italy, Vienna and Leipzig (1750), Scandinavia, Russia and northern Germany (1751)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 05/02/1730 |
Proposer | Martin Folkes |
John Hadley |
James D'Arcy |
Relationships | Son of Robert More of Linley (formerly a London merchant) and his second wife, Sarah, daughter of John Walcot of Walcot, Shropshire. Married: 1) Ellen, daughter of Thomas Wilson of Trevallyn, Denbighshire; 2) Catherine, daughter of Thomas More of Millichope, Shropshire |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (entry for Samuel More (1594-1662)); Venn; Sedgwick; Namier References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1780), p51 T E Allibone, 'The Diaries of John Byrom, MA, FRS, and their Relation to the Pre-history of the Royal Society Club' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 162-183 Notes: GM gives date of death as 12 January 1780, Sedgwick gives 5 January 1780 |
Royal Society code | NA7509 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
L&P/4/68 | Paper, 'Register of baptisms and burials of Holy Cross, Salop.' by Robert More | 1761 |
L&P/2/149 | Letter, 'Of ash-manna gathered near Naples' from Robert More to William Watson | 1750 |
L&P/4/66 | Paper, 'An account of Klingenstierna's paper' by Robert More | 16 April 1761 |
L&P/4/67 | Letter, 'Of the ceppus' from Daniel Lysons to Robert More | 17 October 1760 |
CLP/10i/46 | Paper, 'A farther account of the same tree' by William Sherard | 1720s |
L&P/2/141 | Letter, 'On his travels through Italy' from Robert More to Martin Folkes | 5 June 1750 |