| Authorised form of name | Vince; Samuel (1749 - 1821) |
| Dates | 1749 - 1821 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Fressingfield, Suffolk, England |
| Date of birth | 06 April 1749 |
| Place of death | Ramsgate, Kent |
| Date of death | 28 November 1821 |
| Occupation | Clergyman and professor |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
MA (1778) Caius College, Cambridge
Career:
Rector, Kirby Bedon, Norfolk (1784); Vicar, South Creek, Norfolk (1786); Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge (1796)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/06/1786 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1780
Lectures:
Bakerian 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1804 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Query over whether Bakerian Lecture was given in 1795 and 1796 - see "Bakerian Lecture" (Archives) |
| Code | NA7859 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/8/80 | Paper, 'Supplement to part three of his paper on the summation of indefinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1784 |
| L&P/8/95 | Paper, 'A supplement to part three of his paper on the summation of infinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1784 |
| L&P/12/84 | Paper, 'Observations on the hypotheses of gravitation' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince | 1804 |
| L&P/12/1 | Letter, 'An account of some experiments on friction' from John Southern to Samuel Vince | 19 January 1801 |
| L&P/9/58/2 | Plate, 'Precession of the equinoxes' by Samuel Vince | 1787 |
| L&P/7/170 | Paper, 'An investigation of the principle of progressive and rotatory motion' by Samuel Vince | 1780 |
| L&P/11/36/2 | Plate, 'Experimental apparatus' by Samuel Vince | 1797 |
| L&P/8/108 | Paper, 'Further supplement to his paper on the summation of infinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1784 |
| L&P/7/170/2 | Plate, 'Geometric figures' by Samuel Vince | 1780 |
| L&P/8/109 | Paper, 'On friction' by Samuel Vince | 1784 |
| L&P/8/162 | Paper, 'On infinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1785 |
| L&P/9/58/1 | Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Samuel Vince | 1787 |
| L&P/9/5 | Paper, 'A new method of finding fluents by continuation' by Samuel Vince | 1786 |
| L&P/9/58 | Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Samuel Vince | 1787 |
| L&P/9/205 | Paper, 'A new method of investigating the sums of infinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1791 |
| L&P/11/36/1 | Paper, 'Experiments upon the resistance of bodies moving in fluids' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince | 1797 |
| L&P/10/101 | Paper, 'On the theory of the motion and resistance of fluids' (Bakerian Lecture) by Samuel Vince | 1794 |
| L&P/8/81 | Paper, 'The sum S being given, to find the series of which it is the sum' by Samuel Vince | 1784 |
| L&P/11/36 | Paper, 'Experiments upon the resistance of bodies moving in fluids' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince | 1797 |
| L&P/11/77/1 | Paper, 'An unusual horizontal refraction of the air' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince | 1798 |
| EC/1786/17 | Vince, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/7/257 | Paper, 'New method of investigating the sums of infinite series' by Samuel Vince | 1782 |
| L&P/10/66 | Paper, 'Observations on the fundamental property of the lever, with a proof of the principle assumed by Archimedes in his demonstration' by Samuel Vince | 1793 |
| L&P/11/77 | Paper, 'An unusual horizontal refraction of the air' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince | 1798 |