Person Bradley; Richard (- 1732) Bradley Richard - 1732 British Male Cambridge 04 or 05 November 1732

Botany Career: Professor of Botany at Cambridge (1724-1732) on the recommendation of William Sherard (FRS 1720); his ignorance of Latin and Greek and his failure to perform his duties caused great scandal Fellow 01/12/1712 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn References: Frank N Egerton, 'Richard Bradley's Relationship with Sir Hans Sloane' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 59-77 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1732), p.1082. M Santer 'How it happened that a portion of a treatise entitled "New Improvements of Planting and Gardening both Philosophical and Practical" by Richard Bradley FRS which dealt with blights of trees and plants, provided the first report of an environment that contained green sulphur photosynthesis bacteria' NR 2007 Vol 61 pp 327-332 Notes: Proposed by Robert Balle. Possible death date of 04 November 1732 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 - 5 Nov 1732 NA2602 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 69ca7702-8e15-4730-9508-13c57b3073eb