Person Sprat; Thomas (1679 - 1720) Sprat Thomas 1679 - 1720 Male 05 April 1679 10 May 1720 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

Box Hall, Kent (1718)

Clergyman, Church of England Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford; BA (1701), MA (1704), incorporated at Cambridge (1715); Middle Temple (admitted 1700) Career: Ordained deacon and priest (1704); Chaplain to his father (1704); Prebendary and Archdeacon of Rochester (1704-1720); Vicar of Boxley, Kent (1705-1720); Rector of Stone, Kent (1707-1720); Chaplain to Queen Anne (1712-1714); Chaplain to George I (1714-1717); Canon of Winchester (1712-1720); Canon of Westminster (1713-1720) Son of Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester (FRS 1663), and his wife, Helen, daughter of Devereaux Wolseley of Ravenstone, Staffordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Zouch, Kt, of Codnor Castle, Derbyshire Fellow 20/03/1712 John Keill Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Venn; Foster; Thomas; DNB (father's entry); MT; Barker References: Neil Chambers, 'Letters From the President: the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 27-57 Marie Boas Hall, 'The Early Years of the Royal Society', review of Michael Hunter, Establishing the New Science: the Experience of the Early Royal Society in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 265-268 Christopher Hill, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London or Oxford?' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 144-156 Douglas McKie, 'The Origins and Foundation of the Royal Society of London' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 1-37 A D Atkinson, 'The Royal Society and English Vocabulary' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 40-43 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 5 Apr 1679 - 10 May 1720 NA6033 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 52bcd763-b9e9-4b1f-8034-302b4c9a2b4c