Person Long; Roger (1680 - 1770) Long Roger 1680 - 1770 British Male Croxton Park, Norfolk, England 02 February 1680 16 December 1770 Burial: Trinity College, Cambridge

Clergyman, Church of England Astronomy Education: Norwich School; Pembroke College, Cambridge. BA (1701), MA (1704), DD (1728) Career: Fellow of Pembroke (1703); Private tutor to Sir Wolston Dixie at Emmanuel College (1704); Ordained deacon and priest (1716); Rector of Orton Waterville, Huntingdonshire (1716-1751); Vicar of Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire (1729); Master of Pembroke (1733-17790); Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge (1733-1734); Lowndean Professor of Astronomy (1750-1770); Rector of Bradwell-near-the-Sea, Essex (1751); Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (1769); benefactor of Pembroke College Memberships: Spalding Society Son of Thomas Long, gent, of Croxton, Norfolk Fellow 08/05/1729 George Graham William Rutty John Theophilus Desaguliers Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn References: A Rupert Hall, 'Cambridge: Newton's legacy' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 205-226 Mari Williams, 'James Bradley and the Eighteenth Century "Gap" in Attempts to Measure Annual Stellar Parallax' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 83-100 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1770), p591 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 Notes: First proposer's identity likely, but not certain ©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-19984 2 Feb 1680 - 16 Dec 1770 NA4976 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 382ea665-f26d-4ad7-bef4-9f68febfbbf0