Authorised form of name | Bevan; Silvanus (1691 - 1765) |
Other forms of name | Sylvanus |
Dates | 1691 - 1765 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales |
Date of birth | 28 October 1691 |
Place of death | Hackney, Middlesex |
Date of death | 05 June 1765 |
Dates and places | Burial: Bunhill Fields |
Occupation | Apothecary; Physician |
Activity | Education: Apprenticed to Thomas Mayleigh Career: A Quaker, he had an apothecary's business (from 1715) in partnership with his brother, Timothy (1736); later practised as a physician; he had a large library and notable garden at Hackney Memberships: Society of Apothecaries (1715)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 09/12/1725 |
Proposer | Henry Heathcote |
Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles: Council: 1729 |
Relationships | Son of Silvanus and Jane Bevan. Married: 1) Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Quare, Clock Maker, of Exchange Alley, London; 2) Martha, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote of Culthorpe, Derbyshire; no children |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Cripps References: Geoffrey Cantor, 'Quakers in the Royal Society, 1660-1750' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 175-193 W Johnson, 'Benjamin Robins, FRS (1707-1751): New Details of His Life' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 235-252 Cripps, Ernest C 'Plough Court: the story of a notable pharmacy, 1715-1927' (London: Allen & Hanburys, 1927) |
Royal Society code | NA8380 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EL/W3/136 | Letter, from Richard Wright to Silvanus Bevan, dated at Haverfordwest | 15 February 1723 |
CLP/23i/29 | Letter, from Silvanus Bevan to James Jurin | 12 April 1726 |
CLP/23i/55 | Paper, 'Account of the number of families and people in Ware affected by small pox in 1722' by Silvanus Bevan | [1722] |
DM/5/102 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |
L&P/1/185 | Paper, 'Of bones growing soft' by Sylvanus Bevan | 1743 |