Authorised form of name | Pryme; Abraham de la (1672 - 1704); antiquary |
Other forms of name | Abraham |
Other forms of surname | de la Pryme |
Dates | 1672 - 1704 |
Nationality | English |
Place of birth | Hatfield, Yorkshire, England |
Date of birth | 15 January 1672 |
Date of death | 13 June 1704 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Hatfield Church, Yorkshire, England |
Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
Research field | Antiquities |
Activity | Education: Pupil of William Eratt, minister of Hatfield; St John's College, Cambridge; BA (1694) Career: Ordained deacon; Curate of Broughton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire (1695-1697); ordained priest (1698); Curate of Holy Trinity, Hull (1698); Vicar of Thorne, near Hatfield (1701); corresponded with Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697) and Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685); died of a fever caught while visiting the sick |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 18/03/1702 |
Age at election | 30 |
RSActivity | Communicated with the Society on topics such as natural history, aracheology, and meteorology. Corresponded with Hans Sloane (1685) and Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697). |
Relationships | Parents: Matthias de la Pryme (whose family, originally Huguenots from Ypres, had lost money in draining the fens at Hatfield Chase, Yorkshire) and Sarah Smague (or Smagge, daughter of Peter Smagge, a Huguenot from Paris). Spouse: Unmarried |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/66838087 |
Code | NA4907 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EL/P1/106 | Letter, from Reverend Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane, dated at Hull | 14 September 1700 |
LBO/13/24 | Copyletter from the East Indies by John Marshall to Dr Coga, and communicated by the Abraham De La Pryme to Hans Sloane | 1701 |
EL/P1/105 | Letter, from Reverend Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane, dated at Hull | 2 August 1700 |
MC/8/390 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 3 July 1869 |
MC/8/391 | Letter from Charles Jackson, Doncaster, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 July 1869 |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |