Authorised form of name | Bayes; Thomas (1701 - 1761) |
Other forms of surname | Bays |
Dates | 1701 - 1761 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | London, England |
Date of birth | 1701 |
Place of death | Tunbridge Wells |
Date of death | 07 April 1761 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: The Bayes and Cotton family vault in Bunhill Fields, the Nonconformist burial ground at Moorgate |
Research field | Probability |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 04/11/1742 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: R W Home, 'Some Manuscripts on Electrical and Other Subjects Attributed to Thomas Bayes, FRS' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 81-90 J D Holland, 'An Eighteenth-Century Pioneer - Richard Price, DD, FRS (1723-1791)' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 43-64 Notes: DNB (MP) dates differ from those given in index to BR, which gives 1702 as the birth date and 17 April, not 7 April, 1761. DSB gives the same dates as index to BR. Box file of additional information in Room 115. |
Code | NA8121 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/000299 | Bayes, Thomas | 2001 |
IM/000298 | Bayes, Thomas | 2001 |
EC/1742/15 | Bayes, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 4 November 1742 |