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James Theobald (natural historian)

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Theobald was an active member of the Royal Society, proposing more than 30 Fellows during the rest of his life. He also served on the Council of the Royal Society from 1728-1737, and again from 1739-1741 and in 1743. He also acted as auditor on numerous occasions. In 1726, he became a Fellow of the
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Theobald died in London on 20 February 1759. His collection of 'shells, fossils, pictures, specimens of penmanship, coins and medals in gold, silver and brass, and various other articles' was sold by auction in
128: 269: 131:. Theobald become Vice-President, and wrote a manuscript history of the Society of Arts, which he presented to the Society of Antiquaries in 1759. 127:. In 1753, Theobald became involved with the new 'Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce', which was soon known as the 113: 259: 264: 191: 69: 29: 84:. He was baptised in Lambeth on 21 June 1688. From 1704 to 1712, he served an apprenticeship with his father as 124: 64:(1688 – 20 February 1759) was a British merchant and natural historian, and an influential member of both the 120: 93: 61: 26: 106: 159: 92:
by 1724 sending him, among other things, 'two carps from Norway'. Sloane proposed Theobald as
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Theobald was born in London in 1688, son of Peter Theobald, a timber merchant and
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FRS
FSA
FRS
Royal Society
Society of Antiquaries
barber-surgeon
barber-surgeon
Hans Sloane
Fellow of the Royal Society
Johann Caspar Scheuchzer
Director of the
Bank of England
Barber-Surgeons company
Merchant seaman's corporation
Society of Arts
Covent Garden


"James Theobald, F. R. S. (1688-1759), merchant and natural historian"
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10.1098/rsnr.1996.0020
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"James Theobald's 'Missing' Ms: history of the Society of Arts"
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ydr4p6aw
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1688 births
1759 deaths
18th-century British merchants
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London

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