| Authorised form of name | Brownrigg; William (1711 - 1800) |
| Other forms of surname | Browrigg |
| Dates | 1711 - 1800 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | High Close Hall, Cumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 24 March 1711 |
| Place of death | Ormathwaite, Cumberland |
| Date of death | 06 January 1800 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1742 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1766 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
J V Beckett, 'Dr William Brownrigg, FRS: Physician, Chemist and Country Gentleman' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 255-271 |
| Code | NA8152 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/1/79 | Paper, 'Of damps, parts I and II. Some observations of the several damps in the Coal Mines near Whitehaven' by William Brownrigg | [1741] |
| L&P/3/116 | Paper, 'Thoughts on Dr Hale's new method of distillation' by William Brownrigg | 1756 |
| L&P/1/80 | Paper, 'Of damps Part III. Of subterranean exhalations and epidemical disorders' by William Brownrigg | [1741] |
| L&P/1/82 | Paper, 'Of damps Part V. Of mineral damp in relation to common air' by William Brownrigg | [1742] |
| L&P/4/271/1 | Letter 'Of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in spa water' from William Brownrigg to the Royal Society | 18 May 1765 |
| L&P/3/122 | Paper, 'Of distillation' from William Brownrigg | 3 December 1755 |
| L&P/2/554 | Letter, 'Of de Mairan's book' from William Brownrigg to William Watson | 3 January 1755 |
| L&P/3/122/1 | Letter, 'Of distillation' from William Brownrigg to Stephen Hales | 3 December 1755 |
| L&P/4/271 | Paper, 'Of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in spa water' by William Brownrigg | 18 May 1765 |
| L&P/2/107 | Letter, 'Further experiments of the platina' from William Brownrigg to William Watson | 13 February 1750 |
| L&P/6/60 | Letters, 'Of oil on waves' from William Brownrigg and Benjamin Franklin to each other | 27 January 1773 |
| L&P/6/66 | Letter, 'Of specimens of native salts' from William Brownrigg to John Pringle | 1774 |
| L&P/2/470 | Paper, 'Observations of certain regularly-figured bodies formed by congelation' by William Brownrigg | 1754 |
| EC/1742/09 | Brownrigg, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 20 May 1742 |
| L&P/6/49 | Letter, 'Further inquiry as to the mineral elastic spirit in Pouhon water' from William Brownrigg to John Pringle | 1774 |
| L&P/6/52 | Letter, 'Of stilling the waves with oil' from Benjamin Franklin to William Brownrigg | 7 November 1773 |