List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1732

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Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1732. [1]

Fellows

  1. Vincent Bacon (died 1739), surgeon [2]
  2. Robert Barker (died 1745), physician [3]
  3. Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet (1696–1776), Irish physician [4]
  4. Jean Baptiste Bassand (1680–1742), French physician [5]
  5. John Belchier (1706–1785), surgeon [6]
  6. William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (1709–1764), courtier
  7. Thomas Lee Dummer (c.1712–1765), MP [7]
  8. Sir James Edwards, 2nd Baronet (c.1689–1744) [8]
  9. Rose Fuller (1708–1777), landowner and MP [9]
  10. Jean Patrice Piers de Girardin [10]
  11. John Gray (died 1769), Naval mathematician and engineer [11]
  12. Fayrer Hall (died c.1756) [12]
  13. John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford (1702–1749)
  14. Conde de Montijo (1693-1763)
  15. Louis Jouard de La Nauze (1696–1773), French [13]
  16. Baron Pfutschner (died 1752) [14]
  17. John Robartes, 4th Earl of Radnor (c.1686–1757) [15]
  18. Jacob Serenius (1700–1776), Swedish cleric [16]
  19. James Lyon Strathmore (1702–1735) Scottish peer
  20. Johann Friedrich Weidler (1691–1755), Mathematician [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  2. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  3. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  4. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  5. ↑ "DServe Archive Catalog Show".
  6. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  7. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
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  9. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  10. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
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  12. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
  13. ↑ "DServe Archive Persons Show".
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