| Authorised form of name | Paget; Edward (? 1652 - 1703); scholar |
| Other forms of surname | Pagitt |
| Dates | ? 1652 - 1703 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | c. 1652 |
| Date of death | 1703 |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1677; MA 1680)
Career:
Fellow of Trinity (1679); Mathematics Master at Christ's Hospital |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/11/1682 |
| Proposer | Daniel Colwall |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council 1693 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Invited to present his research to the Society (1683);
Possibly authored a paper on magnetism, which was read to the Society (1684) |
| OtherInfo | Unfortunately, not much is known about Paget's private and family life. His appointment as mathematical master at Christ's Hospital, later the Royal Mathematical School, reportedly happened on Isaac Newton's (FRS 1672) recommendation. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Taylor; Venn
Authority:
Altname and dates from Hunter
References:
Whiteside, D T. 1991. 'The Prehistory of the Principia from 1664 to 1686', in Notes and Records, vol. 45, pp. 11-61 |
| Code | NA5293 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/4/62 | Letter from Elisabeth Johnson, to the Royal Society | |
| MS/390/98 | Bond of Edward Paget to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 15 November 1692 |