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Martin Folkes
FRS
President of the Royal Society
In office
1741–1752
Preceded byHans Sloane
Succeeded byGeorge Parker
Personal details
Born(1690-10-29)29 October 1690
Westminster, London, England, UK
Died28 June 1754(1754-06-28) (aged 63)
SpouseLucretia Bradshaw (fl.1714–1741)
Children3
OccupationAntiquary, numismatist, mathematician and astronomer
Martin Folkes by Roubiliac, British Museum

Martin Folkes FRS (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.

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became acquainted with Isaac Newton, Benjamin Hoadly, Samuel Clarke, Martin Folkes, and other philosophers. He was admitted as a member of the Royal Society...

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7 feet 4+1⁄4 inches (224.2 cm) in his shoes. The society's president Martin Folkes observed that Cajanus appeared weak at this meeting, and could not stand...

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List of numismatists

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quarantine in Venice in the early modern era. Her other books are: Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur. Oxford University Press...

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Thomas Pellett

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Pellett edited Sir Isaac Newton's ‘Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms’ with Martin Folkes in 1728. He felt the difficulties of private practice keenly, and inclined...

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William Stukeley

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side-lined under the presidency of Martin Folkes; although the pair retained a cordial relationship, Stukeley felt that Folkes was responsible for a decline...

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architect (b. 1701) June 28 Sollom Emlyn, Irish legal writer (b. 1697) Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (b. 1690) July 4 – Philippe Néricault Destouches...

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List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1714

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Thomas Bromfield (c. 1678–1722) John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744) Martin Folkes (1690–1754) Thomas Jett (d. 1730) Robert Keck (c. 1686–1719) John Leveret...

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Society of Antiquaries of London

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Royal Society

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circle had Birch elected secretary and, following the resignation of Martin Folkes, the circle helped oversee a smooth transition to the presidency of...

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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...

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Sidney Kennon

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and worms, which she studied with the president of the Royal Society, Martin Folkes. Other items included anatomical specimens; coins; medals; ethnographical...

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Thomas Martin of Palgrave

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admitted a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, at the same time as Martin Folkes, on 17 February 1720. Cole, who often met him at Sir James Burrough's...

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Antonio de Ulloa

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Society of London in December 1746. Thanks in part to the intervention of Martin Folkes, the President of the Royal Society, Ulloa was released from custody...

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Emanuel Mendes da Costa

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Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London in 1747, sponsored by Martin Folkes, the Duke of Montagu, and others. In 1750 da Costa married a cousin...

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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...

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