Person Desaguliers; Thomas (1721 - 1780) Desaguliers Thomas 1721 - 1780 Male Westminster 5 January 1721 Woolwich, near London 01 March 1780

Career: Entered Royal Regiment of Artillery (1740); Chief Firemaster, Woolwich (1748-1780); Lieutenant General (1777); first scientific maker of cannon and first regular investigator of gunnery in England Youngest son of Rev John Theophilus Desaguliers (FRS 1714) Fellow 24/02/1780 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Date of birth courtesy of Dr Audrey Carpenter found in family bible. 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 ? 1725 - 1 Mar 1780 NA2690 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b914f7cc-8c21-4679-acff-db26c0260639