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RefNoEC/1745/15
Previous numbersCert I, 280; A56964
LevelItem
TitleSimpson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date5 December 1745
CitationMr Thomas Simpson of the Royal Academy at Wolwich,
Desiring to Offer himself a Candidate for election into this Society: we whose Names are underwritten , do, as well upon our own personal knowledge of him and his abilities, as upon the reputation of the Several valuable Mathematical Books he is the Author of; hereby propose and recommend him as well deserving the honour he requests, and as qualified by his Skill in many parts of Philosophical Learning, to be a good and usefull member of the Royal Society
ProposersWm Jones; M Folkes; Geo Graham; John Machin
AccessStatusOpen
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Simpson, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA5356Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761)1710 - 1761
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