| Authorised form of name | Whitaker; Thomas Dunham (1759 - 1821) |
| Dates | 1759 - 1821 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rainham, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 08 June 1759 |
| Place of death | Blackburn vicarage, Lancashire |
| Date of death | 18 December 1821 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Holme, in the township of Cliviger, Lancashire |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Topography |
| Activity | Education:
St John;s College, Cambridge. LLB (1781), LLD (1801)
Career:
Ordained deacon (1785); ordained priest (786); Perpetual Curate, Holme, Lancashire (1797-1821); Vicar of Whalley, Lancashire (1809-1821); Rector of Heysham, Lancashire (1813-1819); Vicar of Blackburn (1818-1821); wrote topographical books on Yorkshire and Lancashire, including 'History of the original parish of Whalley'; was interested in forestry; buried in a coffin made from a tree of his own planting
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/06/1818 |
| Relationships | Son of William Whitaker, curate of Rainham, Norfolk and his wife Lucy, daughter of Robert Dunham; married (13 January 1783) Lucy, daughter of Thomas Thoresby of Leeds |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA2640 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1818/09 | Whitaker, Thomas Dunham: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |