Person Six; James (1730 - 1793) Six James 1730 - 1793 British Male Canterbury, Kent, England 30 January 1730 Canterbury, Kent 25 August 1793

Canterbury, Kent

Astronomy Electricity Career: Began in the family's silk business; invented the maximum and minimum thermometer which bears his names; also was a florist and philanthropist Belonged to a French refugee family which settled in Canterbury in Elizabethan times, fleeing Portestant persecution; established the silk trade there Fellow 19/01/1792 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP) References: Jillian F Austin and Anita McConnell, 'James Six, FRS - Two Hundred Years of the Six Self-Registering Thermometer' in NR 1980 vol 35 pp 49-65 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 30 Jan 1730 - 25 Aug 1793 NA5529 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 7827d8e3-7598-40aa-9ae9-ce878b257df0