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Authorised form of nameElmsley; Peter (1773 - 1825)
Dates1773 - 1825
Date of birth1773
Place of deathSt Alban Hall, Oxford
Date of death08 March 1825
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; Oxford. MA (1797), DD
Career:
Took Holy Orders; inherited a fortume from his uncle, leaving him time for private study; lived in Edinburgh and wrote on classical subjects for the Edinburgh Review; lived in London, then went to St Mary Cray; visited Italy and Germany; Principal, St Alban's Hall, Oxford; Camden Professor of Ancient History, Oxford
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/02/1814
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
J M Edmonds and J A Douglas, 'William Buckland, FRS (1784-1856) and an Oxford Geological Lecture, 1823' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 141-167
CodeNA8216
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/7/40Letter from Peter Elmsley to Sir Joseph BanksMarch 1784
EC/1813/11Elmsley, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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