Person Dereham; Sir; Thomas (c 1678 - 1739) Dereham Thomas Sir c 1678 - 1739 British Male Rome, Italy 16 January 1739 Burial: English Church of St Thomas, Rome

Dereham Abbey, Norfolk

Education: At the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Career: A Roman Catholic, he lived in Italy and sent regular reports on Italian science to the Royal Society; left a considerable legacy to the College de Propaganda Fide to train English students to be missionaries in England Son of Sir Richard Dereham, Bart, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Robert Wright, otherwise Villier, otherwise Danvers, Viscount Purbeck, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Danvers of Chelsea, Middlesex; succeeded to the Dereham estate on the death of his father's first cousin, Sir Thomas Dereham, Envoy to the Court of Tuscany (1697); succeeded his father as 4th Bart (1710); unmarried A01896 Fellow 03/11/1720 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; GEC Baronetage 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 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1739, p161 P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 A Cook, 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 3-19 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 Essenza ed attributi D'Iddio - - ' (Florence, 1719) [copy in Cambridge University Library, given in 1720) c 1678 - 16 Jan 1739 NA7312 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5037148209311300460001 38d85701-22a2-4857-a2f1-d2a010ee2a2b