| Authorised form of name | Pemberton; Henry (1694 - 1771) |
| Dates | 1694 - 1771 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 1694 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 09 March 1771 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Physics |
| Mathematics |
| Physiology |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Paris; St Thomas's Hospital, London; Leyden; MD (1719); Cambridge; MD (Com Reg 1728)
Career:
Practised little, owing to ill health; friend of Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672), the 3rd edition of whose 'Principia' he prepared for the press; Professor of Physic, Gresham College, London (1728); prepared the fifth 'London Pharmacopoeia' for the Royal College of Physicians (1746)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1720 |
| Proposer | Edmond Halley |
| Richard Mead |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1724, 1726 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Innes Smith; Venn
References:
A Rupert Hall, 'Newton and His Editors. The Wilkins Lecture, 1973' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 29-52
J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238
Gentleman's Magazine 1771, p143 (obituary)
London Magazine 1771, p175 (obituary) |
| Code | NA5860 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/5/307 | Paper, 'Geometrical solutions of two celebrated astronomical problems' by Henry Pemberton | 1772 |
| L&P/2/87 | Letter, 'Of a case of small pox' from George Bayly to Henry Pemberton | 1750 |
| EL/H3/132 | Letter, from William Hallett to Henry Pemberton, dated at Exeter | 12 October 1726 |
| L&P/1/307 | Letter, 'Of a boy shot through the lungs' from Nicholas Peters and William Hallett to Henry Pemberton | 12 September 1744 |