List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1672

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This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in its 13th year, 1672. [1]

Royal Society English learned society for science

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society". It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. The society is the United Kingdom's and Commonwealth of Nations' Academy of Sciences and fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global co-operation, education and public engagement.

Fellows

Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk English duke

Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG PC Earl Marshal was an English nobleman, politician, and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer. He was summoned to the House of Lords in his own right as Baron Mowbray in 1678. His unhappy marriage was a subject of much gossip, and ended in divorce.

John Tillotson 17th-century Archbishop of Canterbury

John Tillotson was the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694.

Francis Vernon (1637?–1677) was an English traveller and author.

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John Montagu (Trinity) English churchman and academic

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Henry Power FRS (1623–1668) was an English physician and experimenter, one of the first elected Fellows of the Royal Society.

Henry Clerke was an English academic and physician, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1672.

Frescheville Holles Members of the Parliament of England

Sir Frescheville Holles was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1666 to 1672. He was killed in action fighting in the Anglo-Dutch war.

Adam Ottley (1655–1723) was an English churchman, Bishop of St David's from 1713.

John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield industrialist

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)
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