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Richard Waller

c 1646 - 1715

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Born: c 1646
Died: January 1715
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship: 27/04/1681
Fields of Interest: Botany
Relationships: Parents: Mary Waller (afterwards More) Married: Anna Blackwell Additional relatives: brother-in-law Alexander Pitfeild (FRS 1684) and Jonas Blackwell (FRS 1692)
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Author of

Paper, 'Some few remarks on Dr Papin's new improvement of the Hessian bellows' by Ric [Richard] Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/3ii/8
Table, regarding tides at Bristol [England] in 1687 by Richard Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/6/44
Paper, 'Observations on the dissection of a paroquett [parakeet]' by Richard Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/15i/37
Paper, 'The description and figure of a scorpion from Barbary [North Africa]' by Richard Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/15i/38
Paper, 'Some observations made on the spawn of froggs and of the production of todpoles therein' by Richard Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/15i/40
Paper, Account of [Johannes Conradus] Peyeri's 'Parerga Anatomica et medica septem etc' by Richard Waller
Creator: Richard Waller Reference number: CLP/22i/35

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Recipient of

Paper, ‘A relatione of a strange sleeper’ by William Oliver
Creator: William Oliver Reference number: CLP/14i/45
Letter, from Mr A [Francis Aston] to his publisher [Richard Waller]
Creator: Francis Aston Reference number: EL/A/44
Letter, from William Cole to Richard Waller, dated at Bristol
Creator: William Cole Reference number: EL/C2/19
Letter, from John Clayton to Richard Waller, dated at Wakefield
Creator: John Clayton Reference number: EL/C2/22
Letter, from John Clayton to Richard Waller
Creator: John Clayton Reference number: EL/C2/24
Letter, from William Derham to Richard Waller, dated at Upminster
Creator: William Derham Reference number: EL/D1/55

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Cotton Mather
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