Person Stukeley; William (1687 - 1765) Stukeley William Stukely 1687 - 1765 British Male Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England 07 November 1687 Queen Square, London 03 March 1765 Burial: East Ham churchyard, Essex

Next door to Powis House, Ormond Street, London (1717); Queen Square, London (1748-death); Kentish Town, Middlesex

Physician; Clergyman, Church of England; Author, medical and antiquarian Antiquities Education: Free school at Holbeach; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; MB (1708), MD (1719); studied anatomy under Mr Rolfe, a surgeon in Chancery Lane, and medicine under Richard Mead (FRS 1703) at St Thomas's Hospital Career: Practised in Boston, Lincolnshire (1710-1717), in London (1717-1726) and in Grantham, Lincolnshire (1726-1730), where his patients included members of the local aristocracy; ordained deacon and priest (1729); Vicar of All Saints, Stamford (1729-1747); Rector of St George-the-Martyr, Queen Square, London (1747-1765); friend of Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672); died of palsy; his collections of Roman coins, fossils, pictures and antiquities were sold after his death Memberships: FSA (1718); FRCP (1720); Freemason Son of John Stukeley, Attorney, of Holbeach and his wife, Frances, daughter of Robert or John Bullen of Weston, Lincolnshire; married, first, Frances, daughter of Robert Williamson of Allington, Lincolnshire, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gale, Dean of York (FRS 1677); brother-in-law of Roger Gale (FRS 1717) Royal Society roles: Council: 1719-1720, 1725 Fellow 13/03/1718 Edmond Halley Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster; Venn; Munk's Roll; Hirsch References: Milo Keynes, 'The Personality of Isaac Newton' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 1-56 Kevin J Fraser, 'John Hill and the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 43-67 A D C Simpson, 'Newton's Telescope and the Cataloguing of the Royal Society's Repository' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 187-214 Gentleman's Magazine 1765, pp211-2 (Memoir by Patrick Collinson FRS) M Hesse, 'An eighteenth-century polymath. William Stukeley: science, religion and archaeology in eighteenth century England, by D B Haycock' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 248-249 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 7 Nov 1687 - 3 Mar 1765 NA8327 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 17b45d69-a3cc-4dbb-9b82-75b017bb2c19