| Authorised form of name | Perkins; Peter (fl 1677 - 1680); mathematician |
| Dates | fl 1677 - 1680 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of death | 1680 |
| Occupation | Schoolmaster |
| Activity | Career:
Kept a school at Guildford, Surrey; Mathematics Master, Christ's Hospital, London (1679) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/02/1680 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Submitted a paper on compass variation to the Society (1680) |
| OtherInfo | Relatively little is known about Perkins' life and career. In the early 1680s, he published a work on arithmetic. He was not particularly active in the Royal Society. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Taylor; Pearce |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72673136 |
| Code | NA492 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/9ii/7 | Paper, 'Mr Perkins' discourse of variation' by Concerning variation of the compass by Mr [Peter?] Perkins | [1680] |