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Authorised form of name	Curtius; Sir; William (c 1599 - 1678); diplomat
Other forms of name	Wilhelm
Dates	c 1599 - 1678
Nationality	German
Nationality	British
Date of birth	c 1599
Date of death	23 January 1678
Occupation	Diplomat
Activity	Career: English Resident in Sweden and Germany; secretary to archduke Frederick V of the Palatinate Honours: Bt 1652
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	03/10/1667
Proposer	William Brereton
Other Royal Society activity	Acted as a correspondent to the Society and submitted some papers (1660s); Credited with promoting the Society's work amongst European nobility (1668)
Relationships	Children: Sir Charles William Curtius, 2nd Baronet
OtherInfo	Curtius was an active diplomat during the Thirty Year War in Europe and return to his work as a diplomat for England during the king's exile.
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Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Burke EDB; Hunter; Hessische Biografie Notes: Some sources have 14 May 1598 in Bensheim as a date and place of birth, and Frankfurt am Main as place of death. In some sources, Curtius is married twice, 1) Katharina Fabricius (von Gressenich) and 2) Anna Sibylla von Stalburg.
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/303990902
Code	NA966

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
IM/001024	Curtius, Sir William	nd
NLB/7/1008	Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to C[?] A Trevett Green, Public Record Office	14 June 1893
EL/C1/34	Letter, from William Curtius to the Royal Society, dated at Umbstadii [Umbstadt]	5 June 1668
EL/C1/33	Translated extract of a letter, from William Curtius to Theodore Haak	30 August 1667
EL/C1/35	Letter, from William Curtius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Umbstradi [Umbstadt]	2 December 1668
EL/C1/37	Letter, from William Curtius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Umbstradi [Umbstadt]	9 January 1669
EL/C1/36	Letter, from William Curtius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Umbstradi [Umbstadt]	19 December 1668
EL/C1/38	Letter, from William Curtius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Umbstradi [Umbstadt]	13 March 1669
EL/O1/69	Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to William Curtius, dated at London	13 July 1668
RBO/3/59	'An Account Of Mastick made by Ants Written by Sir William Curtius in a Letter to Mr Haak'	30 August 1667

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