| Authorised form of name | Morgan; William (1750 - 1833) |
| Dates | 1750 - 1833 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Date of birth | June 1750 |
| Place of death | Stamford Hill, Middlesex |
| Date of death | 04 May 1833 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Hornsey, Middlesex |
| Occupation | Actuary |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to an apothecary, London (1769) but returned home (1771); through his uncle Richard Price's influence he became Assistant Actuary (1774) and Actuary to the Equitable Assurance Society (1775-1830)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/05/1790 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1789 |
| Relationships | Son of William Morgan, Surgeon, and Sarah Price; nephew of Dr Richard Price (FRS 1765); married Susan Woodhouse, of Portway, Staffordshire; father of Arthur Morgan (FRS 1835); father-in-law of Benjamin Travers (FRS 1815) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 14 pp 226-227
References:
J D Holland, 'An Eighteenth-Century Pioneer - Richard Price, DD, FRS (1723-1791)' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 43-64 |
| Code | NA5814 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/8/137/2 | Plate, 'Mercurial gage and glass tube' by William Morgan | 1785 |
| L&P/8/137 | Paper, 'Non-conduction of a perfect vacuum' by William Morgan | 12 February 1785 |
| L&P/8/137/1 | Paper, 'Non-conduction of a perfect vacuum' by William Morgan | 12 February 1785 |
| L&P/11/110 | Paper, 'On the method of determining from the real probabilities of lfe the values of contingent reversions' by William Morgan | 1799 |
| L&P/10/105 | Paper, 'On the law of electric attractions' by William Morgan | 1795 |
| L&P/10/105/1 | Paper, 'On the law of electric attractions' by William Morgan | 1795 |
| L&P/8/125 | Paper, 'On the light of bodies in a state of combustion' by William Morgan | 7 October 1784 |
| L&P/9/89 | Paper, 'On the probablities of survivorships between two persons of any given age, and the method of determining the values of reversions depending on those survivorships' by William Morgan | 1788 |
| L&P/10/84 | Paper, 'Method of determining the value on contingent reversions on three lives' by William Morgan | 1794 |
| EC/1790/05 | Morgan, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/9/115 | Paper, 'On the method of determining, from the real probabilities of life, the value of a contingent reversion in which three lives are involved in the survivorship' by William Morgan | 1788 |
| L&P/9/204 | Paper, 'On the method of determining, from the real probabilities of life, the value of a contingent reversion, in which three lives are involved in the surviorship' by William Morgan | 1791 |