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Roger Cotes

1682 - 1716

Born

10 July 1682

Burbage, Leicestershire, England

Died

05 June 1716

Cambridge

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
30/11/1711
Occupation
Clergyman, church of england
Relationships
Son of Robert Cotes, Rector of Burbage, Leicestershire, and his wife, Grace, daughter of Major Farmer of Barwell, Leicestershire; cousin of Robert Smith (FRS 1719); unmarried