| Authorised form of name | Witchell; George (- 1785) |
| Dates | - 1785 |
| Date of death | 29 January 1785 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Career:
Published a map of the moon's shadow across England in the solar eclipse (1764); Headmaster, Royal Academy, Portsmouth (1767)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/07/1767 |
| Relationships | Descended, on his mother's side, from Daniel Quare, clock and watchmaker. Was a Quaker, but became Church of England |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 |
| Code | NA6923 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1767/22 | Witchell, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/391/118 | Bond of George Witchell to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 9 July 1767 |
| L&P/5/274 | Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Portsmouth' from Captain Wallis to George Witchell | 9 August 1771 |
| L&P/4/358/2 | Plate, unnamed [Curves formed by the shadow of an oblate spheroid] by unknown artist | 1767 |
| L&P/4/358/1 | Letter, 'Of the curve formed by the shadow of an oblate spheroid' from George Witchell to the Royal Society | 7 January 1767 |
| L&P/4/358 | Paper, 'Of the curve formed by the shadow of an oblate spheroid' by George Witchell | 7 January 1767 |