| Authorised form of name | Stukeley; William (1687 - 1765) |
| Other forms of surname | Stukely |
| Dates | 1687 - 1765 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England |
| Date of birth | 07 November 1687 |
| Place of death | Queen Square, London |
| Date of death | 03 March 1765 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
East Ham churchyard, Essex |
| Occupation | Physician; Clergyman, Church of England; Author, medical and antiquarian |
| Research field | Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Free school at Holbeach; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; MB (1708), MD (1719); studied anatomy under Mr Rolfe, a surgeon in Chancery Lane, and medicine under Richard Mead (FRS 1703) at St Thomas's Hospital
Career:
Practised in Boston, Lincolnshire (1710-1717), in London (1717-1726) and in Grantham, Lincolnshire (1726-1730), where his patients included members of the local aristocracy; ordained deacon and priest (1729); Vicar of All Saints, Stamford (1729-1747); Rector of St George-the-Martyr, Queen Square, London (1747-1765); friend of Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672); died of palsy; his collections of Roman coins, fossils, pictures and antiquities were sold after his death
Memberships:
FSA (1718); FRCP (1720); Freemason
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/03/1718 |
| Proposer | Edmond Halley |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1719-1720, 1725 |
| Relationships | Son of John Stukeley, Attorney, of Holbeach and his wife, Frances, daughter of Robert or John Bullen of Weston, Lincolnshire; married, first, Frances, daughter of Robert Williamson of Allington, Lincolnshire, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gale, Dean of York (FRS 1677); brother-in-law of Roger Gale (FRS 1717) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster; Venn; Munk's Roll; Hirsch
References:
Milo Keynes, 'The Personality of Isaac Newton' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 1-56
Kevin J Fraser, 'John Hill and the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 43-67
A D C Simpson, 'Newton's Telescope and the Cataloguing of the Royal Society's Repository' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 187-214
Gentleman's Magazine 1765, pp211-2 (Memoir by Patrick Collinson FRS)
M Hesse, 'An eighteenth-century polymath. William Stukeley: science, religion and archaeology in eighteenth century England, by D B Haycock' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 248-249 |
| Code | NA8327 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| M/217 | Stukeley, William | 1765 |
| RBO/17/15 | 'An account of a pretended Shower of Wheat' in a letter from William Stukeley to Roger Gale | 1732 |
| EL/H3/122 | Letter, from P Hardisway to William Stukeley | 20 June 1723 |
| RBO/18/19 | 'Account of the cure of the Gout by Oils externally apply'd with an hypothesis on the cause of the Distemper conformable to this Practice' by Willilam Stukeley in his letter to Hans Sloane | 1732 |
| RBO/11/94 | Account by Dr Stukeley of Frederick Ruysch's book entitled 'Adversariorum Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgicorum Decas' | 1723 |
| RBO/15/74 | 'Of the late extraordinary Tides' in a letter from William Stukeley to Cromwell Mortimer | 1731 |
| IM/004441 | Stukeley, William | 2001 |
| IM/004442 | Stukeley, William | nd |
| L&P/2/108 | Letter, 'Of bark in smallpox' from Cornewall Tathwell to William Stukeley | 26 February 1751 |
| IM/003308 | Newton, Sir Isaac | nd |
| CLP/8ii/35 | Paper, 'Eclipses of Jupiter's second, third and fourth satellites for 1731' by Edmund Weaver | 8 March 1732 |
| L&P/2/435 | Paper, 'An account of Johann Friedrich Weidler's book De ortu astronomiae' by William Stukeley | 21 February 1753 |
| EL/S2/64 | Letter, from William Stukeley to [William] Rutty, dated at Grantham | 5 March 1728 |
| L&P/2/448 | Paper, 'Of the eclipse predicted by Thales' by William Stukeley | 16 March 1753 |
| L&P/2/13 | Paper, 'Of a stone axe' by William Stukeley | 21 December 1749 |
| L&P/2/309 | Paper, 'On corals' by William Stukeley | 1752 |
| L&P/3/292 | Note, 'A stone dated 1689 'Rochabby'' by William Stukeley | 1758 |
| L&P/4/79 | Paper, 'Of zoophytes' by William Stukeley | 19 May 1761 |
| L&P/2/25 | Letter, 'Of a stone axe' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 25 January 1750 |
| L&P/2/138 | Letter, 'Of Dr Hardisway raising the 'Thea' tree in his Wimbledon garden from seed found in tea-canisters (proved not to be the tea-shrub)' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 17 May 1750 |
| L&P/4/109 | Paper, 'Of a stone axe' by William Stukeley | 19 April 1762 |
| L&P/2/502 | Paper, 'Of a coin of Carausius' by William Stukeley | 1754 |
| L&P/2/296 | Paper, 'Of corals and corallines' by William Stukeley | 13 May 1752 |
| L&P/3/167/2 | Plate, 'Section of a water-wheel for raising water, by a small current' by William Stukeley | 1756 |
| L&P/2/128 | Letter, 'Of a stone axe found at Womersley near Doncaster' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 10 May 1750 |
| L&P/2/194 | Letter, 'Of a medical case' from Cromwell Tathwell to William Stukeley | 19 March 1751 |
| L&P/2/498 | Letter, 'Of a reference to electricity in Hirtious history of Caesar's African war' from William Stukeley to Thomas Birch | 21 March 1754 |
| L&P/2/189/2 | Plate, 'An aurora borealis over Highgate at 11 on 21 March 1750-1 in the day time' by William Stukeley | 1750 |
| L&P/2/404 | Letter, 'Account of Weidler's book 'De ortu astronomie'' from William Stukeley to George Parker | 18 January 1753 |
| L&P/2/378 | Letter, 'Inscriptions from Bardney Abbey, Lincs' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 11 July 1753 |
| L&P/3/211 | Letter, 'Of the Lisbon earthquake' from William Elsden to William Stukeley | 12 November 1756 |
| L&P/3/167/1 | Letter, 'Of a turbinate water-wheel' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 10 May 1756 |
| L&P/2/418 | Letter, 'Of a figure found in a quarry in Hagley Park, Worcs' from William Stukeley to the Dean of Exeter | 1753 |
| L&P/3/88 | Paper, 'Earthquake at Stamford on Aug 1 1755' by William Stukeley | 8 December 1755 |
| L&P/3/418 | Letter, 'On earthquakes' from William Elsdon to William Stukeley | 10 November 1759 |
| L&P/2/216 | Paper, 'A short brass 6-pounder fired at Woolwich 300 rounds in 3 hrs 22 mins' by William Stukeley | 1751 |
| L&P/4/109/1 | Letter, 'Of a stone axe' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 19 April 1762 |
| L&P/3/145 | Letter, 'Agitation at waters at Luton' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 31 March 1756 |
| L&P/2/189 | Paper, 'Of an aurora borealis' by William Stukeley | 21 March 1751 |
| L&P/3/167 | Paper, 'Of a turbinate water-wheel' by William Stukeley | 10 May 1756 |
| L&P/3/377 | Letter, 'On the comet of 1682' from Barker to William Stukeley | 20 April 1759 |
| L&P/4/33 | Letter, 'Of a remarkable halo' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley | 3 March 1760 |
| L&P/3/260 | Paper, 'On corals' by William Stukeley | 28 April 1757 |
| L&P/3/260/1 | Letter, 'On corals' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 28 April 1757 |
| L&P/4/77 | Paper, 'On corals' by William Stukeley | 7 May 1761 |
| L&P/4/217 | Paper, 'Eclipse of the Sun of April 1 1764' by The Spalding Society, communicated by William Stukeley | 1764 |
| L&P/4/69 | Letter, 'On corals' from William Stukeley to Henry Baker | 15 April 1761 |
| L&P/2/301 | Paper, 'On corals, coralline' by William Stukeley | 28 May 1752 |
| L&P/3/172 | Paper, 'Of earthquakes' by William Stukeley | 20 May 1756 |
| CLP/22ii/3 | Paper, Observations of Mr [Frederick] Ruysch's 'Adversariorum Anatomico-Medico Chirurgicorum Decas secunda' [Of opposition to surgical anatomical healing, second decade] by William Stukeley | 28 October 1720 |
| CLP/22ii/2 | Paper, Account of Dr Hunauld's 'Entretiens sur la rage et ses remedes, ou par occasion on propose un nouveau systeme de la sanguinification...' [Interviews on rabies and its remedies] by Dr [William] Stukeley | 12 November 1719 |
| CLP/22ii/82 | Paper, 'Account of the elegiac version of the psalms by Arthur Johnston' by William Stukeley | 18th century |
| RBO/14/53 | 'A Disquisition concerning the Place of Battle between the Danes and our Saxon Ancestors in Kesteven, Lincolnshire AD 870' communicated in a letter to William Rutty from William Stukeley | 1729 |
| EL/S2/65 | Letter, from William Stukeley to William Rutty, dated at Grantham | 3 April 1729 |
| L&P/3/368 | Paper, 'Of a steady mounting for telescopes at sea, invented by Jeremiah Sisson and complaints of recent rejection of papers by the Royal Society' by William Stukeley | 22 March 1759 |
| L&P/2/65 | Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from William Stukeley to Martin Folkes | 13 March 1750 |
| L&P/3/414 | Letter, 'Of mutations of stars' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley | 16 November 1759 |
| L&P/2/76 | Letter, 'On the causes of earthquakes' from William Stukeley to Martin Folkes | 26 March 1750 |
| L&P/1/56 | Plate, diagram of the phenomenon from Canterbury after a drawing by Mrs Tennison, copied by William Stukeley | 10 December 1741 |
| L&P/2/189/1 | Paper, 'Of an aurora borealis' by William Stukeley | 21 March 1751 |
| L&P/3/368/1 | Letter, 'Of a steady mounting for telescopes at sea, invented by Jeremiah Sisson and complaints of recent rejection of papers by the Royal Society' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 22 March 1759 |
| L&P/2/195 | Letter, 'Effects of the electrical aura on a dumb man' from William Stukeley to the Royal Society | 1 May 1751 |
| CLP/5/28 | Paper, regarding weather observations for November 1722 to January 1725 by Dr Stukeley | 1725 |
| EL/S2/66 | Letter, from William Stukeley to Roger Gale, dated at Stamford | 5 May 1733 |
| RBO/15/21 | 'Some Remarks on the Time of Year on which the Deluge happen'd occasion'd by a hollow Stone whose Cavity is fill'd with bodies resembling hazlenuts petrified' by William Stukeley | 1730 |
| L&P/3/281 | Letter, 'A shock of an earthquake at Fort Marlborough on the island of Sumatra on 3 October 1757' from Perry to William Stukeley | 22 December 1757 |