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Walter Needham

Physician and anatomist

Born: 28 December 1632

Died: 16 April 1691

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 20/06/1667

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Henry Oldenburg

Natural philosopher and scientific correspondent

Born: c 1619

Died: 5 September 1677

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 22/04/1663

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Walter Needham

Henry Oldenburg

Exploring the nature of respiration and discussing Hooke's experiment of blowing air into animals' lungs with bellows; also about inflating the collapsed lungs of the foetus Read to the Royal Society on 23 April 1668

Reference number: EL/N1/28