Person Gravesande; Willem Jakob 's (1688 - 1742) Gravesande Willem Jakob 's Willem Jakob 'sGravesande, Willem Jacob s Gravesande 1688 - 1742 Dutch Male s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 26 September 1688 Leyden, Netherlands 28 February 1742

Physics Mathematics Philosophy Education: Educated at home by a tutor named Tourton; Leyden. LLD Career: Practised law at The Hague; with Justus van Effen (FRS 1715) one of the founders of the 'Journal litteraire de la Haye' (1713); Secretary to the Dutch Embassy to George I (1715); Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Leyden (1717); summoned to Kassel by the Landgrave of Hesse to judge a perpetual motion machine; Professor of Philosophy, Leyden (1734) Fellow 09/06/1715 William Burnett Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB References: Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34 J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238 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 26 Sep 1688 - 28 Feb 1742 NA3219 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 92246dd4-b98d-4bde-87d5-6e66589fa7c0