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Authorised form of nameKempe; John (1665 - 1717)
Other forms of surnameKemp
Dates1665 - 1717
NationalityBritish
Date of birth1665
Date of death19 September 1717
OccupationAntiquary
ActivityCareer:
Had a fine museum of antiquities which was sold by auction after his death
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1712
RelationshipsUnmarried
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Altname from DNB.
CodeNA7749
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
NLB/23/1Copy letters sent from Royal Society administrative staff and officers2 August 1901-12 February 1902
MS/390/145Bond of John Kempe to the Treasurer of the Royal Society27 March 1712
NLB/57/247Copy letter from Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, FRS, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, HM [His Majesty's] Treasury1 October 1919
NLB/57/346Copy letter from Joseph John Thomson, OM, President of the Royal Society; to the Agent, the Bank of England; Western Branch, Burlington Gardens W23 October 1919
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