Authorised form of name | Sprat; Thomas (1679 - 1720) |
Dates | 1679 - 1720 |
Date of birth | 05 April 1679 |
Date of death | 10 May 1720 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Westminster Abbey |
Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
Activity | Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford; BA (1701), MA (1704), incorporated at Cambridge (1715); Middle Temple (admitted 1700) Career: Ordained deacon and priest (1704); Chaplain to his father (1704); Prebendary and Archdeacon of Rochester (1704-1720); Vicar of Boxley, Kent (1705-1720); Rector of Stone, Kent (1707-1720); Chaplain to Queen Anne (1712-1714); Chaplain to George I (1714-1717); Canon of Winchester (1712-1720); Canon of Westminster (1713-1720)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 20/03/1712 |
Proposer | John Keill |
Relationships | Son of Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester (FRS 1663), and his wife, Helen, daughter of Devereaux Wolseley of Ravenstone, Staffordshire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Zouch, Kt, of Codnor Castle, Derbyshire |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Venn; Foster; Thomas; DNB (father's entry); MT; Barker References: Neil Chambers, 'Letters From the President: the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 27-57 Marie Boas Hall, 'The Early Years of the Royal Society', review of Michael Hunter, Establishing the New Science: the Experience of the Early Royal Society in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 265-268 Christopher Hill, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London or Oxford?' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 144-156 Douglas McKie, 'The Origins and Foundation of the Royal Society of London' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 1-37 A D Atkinson, 'The Royal Society and English Vocabulary' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 40-43 |
Code | NA6033 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
MS/390/147 | Bond of Thomas Sprat to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 27 March 1712 |