(1690-10-29)29 October 1690 Westminster, London, England, UK
Died
28 June 1754(1754-06-28) (aged 63)
Spouse
Lucretia Bradshaw (fl.1714–1741)
Children
3
Occupation
Antiquary, numismatist, mathematician and astronomer
Martin FolkesFRS (29 October 1690 – 28 June 1754) was an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician and astronomer who served as the president of the Royal Society from 1741 to 1752.
(1860), pp. 364–366. There is a memorial to Folkes at Westminster Abbey. Haycock, David Boyd. "Folkes, Martin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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in the title role in Aaron Hill's play Elfrid. In 1714 she married MartinFolkes (1690-1754), an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, and astronomer...
Browne, MD, President of the Royal College of Physicians. His uncle was MartinFolkes, President of the Royal Society. He was educated at Eton School from...
became acquainted with Isaac Newton, Benjamin Hoadly, Samuel Clarke, MartinFolkes, and other philosophers. He was admitted as a member of the Royal Society...
was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727. He corresponded with MartinFolkes. In the 1720s, Mohammed Ben Ali Abgali served as Ismail Ibn Sharif's...
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7 feet 4+1⁄4 inches (224.2 cm) in his shoes. The society's president MartinFolkes observed that Cajanus appeared weak at this meeting, and could not stand...
Society in 1742. His nomination letter was signed by Philip Stanhope, MartinFolkes, James Burrow, Cromwell Mortimer, and John Eames. It is speculated that...
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quarantine in Venice in the early modern era. Her other books are: MartinFolkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur. Oxford University Press...
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September 2009). "Folkes set to return with Tigers". The Australian. "Folkes leaves Tigers for Dragons". The Leader. 11 May 2011. "Folkes appointed as Jillaroos...
Pellett edited Sir Isaac Newton's ‘Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms’ with MartinFolkes in 1728. He felt the difficulties of private practice keenly, and inclined...
side-lined under the presidency of MartinFolkes; although the pair retained a cordial relationship, Stukeley felt that Folkes was responsible for a decline...
Thomas Bromfield (c. 1678–1722) John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744) MartinFolkes (1690–1754) Thomas Jett (d. 1730) Robert Keck (c. 1686–1719) John Leveret...
1724–50 Algernon, Earl of Hertford 1750 Charles, Duke of Richmond 1750–54 MartinFolkes 1754–65 Hugh, Lord Willoughby of Parham 1765–68 Charles Lyttelton, Bishop...
circle had Birch elected secretary and, following the resignation of MartinFolkes, the circle helped oversee a smooth transition to the presidency of...
at the age of 21. Martin's father had played fiddle and guitar as a young man but Martin was unaware of this connection to his folk music heritage until...
and worms, which she studied with the president of the Royal Society, MartinFolkes. Other items included anatomical specimens; coins; medals; ethnographical...
admitted a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, at the same time as MartinFolkes, on 17 February 1720. Cole, who often met him at Sir James Burrough's...
Society of London in December 1746. Thanks in part to the intervention of MartinFolkes, the President of the Royal Society, Ulloa was released from custody...
Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London in 1747, sponsored by MartinFolkes, the Duke of Montagu, and others. In 1750 da Costa married a cousin...
in Japan, Martin Nilsson's Greek Folk Religion, and Charles Leslie's reader, the Anthropology of Folk Religion. Courses on the study of folk religion came...