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Authorised form of nameCrusius; Lewis (1701 - 1775)
Other forms of nameEberhard Lewis
Dates1701 - 1775
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth1701
Date of death23 May 1775
Dates and placesBurial:
Under the piazza of the chapel of Charterhouse School, London
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Charterhouse School; St John's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1719); migrated to Queens' College (1732/3); MA (Lit. Reg. 1737), DD (Lambeth 1754)
Career:
Headmaster of Charterhouse (1748-1769); Prebendary of Brecknock (1748); Prebendary of Worcester (1751); Rector of Shobdon, Herefordshire; Rector of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire (1754-1764); Rector of St John, Bedwardine (1764-1775)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/03/1754
RelationshipsSon of Irenaeus Crusius, clerk, of Middlesex
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
Notes:
Both forms of name given in Venn
Royal Society codeNA7612
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
L&P/3/86Letter, 'Earthquake of Nov 1, as observed at Reading' from Richard Phillips to Lewis Crusius12 January 1756
L&P/3/132Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Derbyshire lead mines' from William Bullock to Lewis Crusius3 March 1756
EC/1753/13Crusius, Lewis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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