Person Raspe; Rudolf Eric (1737 - 1794) Raspe Rudolf Eric 1737 - 1794 German Male Hannover, Germany 1737 Muckross, County Donegal, Ireland 1794

Career: 'The council having received authentic information that Rudolph Erick Raspe, one of the Foreign Members, laterly Librarian to the Langraves of Hesse stands charged with divers frauds and gross breaches of trust as appears by undoubted documents exhibited to the Council and now ordered to be laid before the Society. The President and Council being fully convinced of the infamy of his character, are of opinion that it would be highly reproachful to the Society, that he should any longer continue a Member thereof and therefore do recommend to the Society that the said Rudolph Erick Raspe be ejected' Council Minutes Copy volume 16 p 290 Balloted and ejected (Journal Book Copy p 331) Ejected for 'divers frauds' 07 December 1775. Fellow 01/06/1769 07 December 1775 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: H S Torrens, 'The Father of Derbyshire Geology', review of Maxwell Craven, John Whitehurst of Derby: Clockmaker and Scientist 1713-88 in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 341-342 ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-21207 1737 - 1794 NA3466 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 15/01/2026 RS_NET\VidaM Yes bd53bb5b-622c-4239-a26a-eb3fbdb91344