| Authorised form of name | Glanvill; Joseph (1636 - 1680); clergyman |
| Other forms of name | Glanville, Joseph |
| Surname | Glanvill |
| Forenames | Joseph |
| Dates | 1636 - 1680 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Burial:
The Abbey Church, Bath, Somerset, England, Europe (9 November 1680) |
| Activity | Occupation:
Clergyman, Church of England
Research Field:
Theology; history of science
Education:
Exeter College, Oxford (matriculated 1652, BA 1656); Lincoln College Oxford (MA 1658)
Career:
Chaplain to Francis Rous, Provost of Eton (1659); Rector of Wimbish, Essex (1660); Vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerset (1662-1672); Rector of Bath, Somerset (1666); Rector of Street and Walton, Somerset (1672); Chaplain in ordinary to Charles II (1672); Prebendary of Worcester (1678) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
14/12/1664
Proposers:
William Brereton
Other RSActivity:
Dedicated his work 'Scepsis scientifica' to the Society (1664).
He was proposed on 7 December 1664, the same day this book was presented.
Contributed papers on mines to the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1668).
His work 'Plus ultra' (1668) is regarded as a supplement to Thomas Sprat's 'History of the Royal Society' (1667) as an overview of the history of science. |
| Relationships | Parents: Nicholas Glanville and Joan Glanville
Married: 1) Mary Stocker; 2) Margaret Selwyn
Children: Sophia Glanvill; Henry Glanvill; Mary Glanvill; Charles Glanvill |
| Published works | RCN: 41045
RCN: 41046
RCN: 41043
RCN: 41047
RCN: 41042 |
| General context | Although Glanvill grew up in a strict Puritan household, he was increasingly displeased with these ideas. He was a vocal critic of Aristotelianism, demonstrated in his first published work 'The Vanity of Dogmatizing' (1661). This text as well as later publications were heavily influenced by Glanvill's interest in philosophical scepticism, ancient Greek philosophy, and the writings of Henry More (FRS 1663). His works in defense of the Royal Society's philosophy saw him engaged in a 'pamphlet war' together with Thomas Sprat (FRS 1664) against Henry Stubbe. Glanvill also published works on witchcraft. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Foster; Hunter; ODNB
References:
The Editor (Sir Harold Hartley), 'Epilogue' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 259-264
George Watson, 'Dryden and the Scientific Image' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 25-35
Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
Katherine Hill, 'Neither Ancient nor Modern: Wallis and Barrow on the Composition of Continua. Part Two: The Seventeenth-Century Context: The Struggle Between Ancient and Modern' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 13-22
Notes:
DNB gives Glanvill's second wife's name as Margaret Selwyn, although some sources have Browning. Foster gives only one marriage Margaret Browning in 1679. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/12396611 |
| Royal Society code | NA8231 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RBO/4/3 | 'Additional Answers to the printed Quaeries of Mines' by Joseph Glanvill | 22 October 1668 |
| EL/G1/12 | Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg | 18 September 1668 |
| EL/G1/15 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Bath, to Henry Oldenburg | 19 July 1669 |
| EL/G1/19 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Froome, to Henry Oldenburg | 25 January 1670 |
| EL/G1/20 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Froome, to Henry Oldenburg | 31 January 1670 |
| EL/P1/54 | Andrew Paschall to Joseph Glanvill | 17 January 1670 |
| IM/001674 | Glanvill, Joseph | nd |
| LBO/3/62 | Copy letter of thanks from Henry Oldenburg, London, to Joseph Glanvil | 10 July 1669 |
| MS/390/11 | Bond of Joseph Glanvill to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 16 March 1674 |
| EL/G1/17 | Joseph Glanvill to Henry Oldenburg | 1669 |
| EL/G1/16 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Froome, to Henry Oldenburg | 15 August 1669 |
| EL/P1/53 | Copy of a letter from Andrew Paschall, dated at Chedsey, to Joseph Glanvill | 18 June 1669 |
| EL/G1/13 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Froome, to Henry Oldenburg | 15 September 1668 |
| EL/G1/14 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Bath, to Henry Oldenburg | 16 June 1669 |
| EL/G1/18 | Joseph Glanvill, dated at Froome, to Henry Oldenburg | 17 November 1669 |