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Authorised form of nameShepherd; Anthony (1721 - 1796)
Dates1721 - 1796
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKendal, Westmoreland, England
Date of birth1721
Place of deathDean Street, Soho, London
Date of death15 June 1796
ActivityEducation:
BD
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/04/1763
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
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
Royal Society codeNA7884
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1763/02Shepherd, Anthony: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/7/48Letter from Sir Harry Parker, Commissioners of Longitude, Admiralty, to Sir Joseph Banks, Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd29 August 1784
MM/7/15Auditors' report on Board of Longitude's accounts, by Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd7 March 1780
MM/7/97Letter from Sir Harry Parker, Commissioners of Longitude, Admiralty, to Sir Joseph Banks, Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd5 December 1792
MM/7/36Letter from Sir Harry Parker, Secretary, Board of Longitude, Admiralty Office, to Sir Joseph Banks, Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd3 March 1783
MM/7/87Letter from Sir Harry Parker, Commissioners of Longitude, Admiralty, to Sir Joseph Banks, Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd14 December 1791
MM/7/58Letter from Sir Harry Parker, Commissioners of Longitude, Admiralty, to Sir Joseph Banks, Nevil Maskelyne and Anthony Shepherd9 March 1787
DM/2/144Candidates certificate in favour of John Bernouilli being elected to the Fellowship18th century
MM/7/129Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Greenwich, to Richard Shepherd21 April 1793
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