Robert Smith
1689 - 1768
- Born
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1689
Lea, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
- Died
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02 February 1768
The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 05/02/1719
- Fields of Interest
- Physics
- Occupation
- Professor; Clergyman
- Relationships
- Son of John Smith, Rector of Lea, and his wife, Hannah, aunt of Roger Cotes (FRS 1711)
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Paper, Account of the book 'Harmonia mensurarum sive analysis et synthesis per rationum .... [The harmony of measure, or analysis and synthesis through reasoning...]' by Roger Cotesius [Cotes], edited by Robert Smith
Creator: Roger Cotes, Robert Smith Reference number: CLP/22ii/5
Recipient of
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Letter, 'Concerning the mean motion of the Moon's apogee' from Patrick Murdoch to Robert Smith
Creator: Patrick Murdoch Reference number: L&P/2/94