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	William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker Summary
		In 1662, Viscount William Brouncker proposed to the newly restored English monarch Charles II that an institution be established to advance scientific discussion and learning.
		William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, FRS (1620–5 April 1684) was an English mathematician.
		Brouncker obtained a PhD at the University of Oxford in 1647.
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	Brouncker biography
		William Brouncker was the elder son of Sir William Brouncker, a man of high importance who was closely associated with the kings of England and had fought against the Scots in 1639.
		The Convention Parliament, of which Brouncker was a Member, voted to restore the monarchy and Charles II, the son of the executed Charles I, came to the throne in 1660.
		The Lord Viscount Brouncker moved, that the experiments concerning the measure of the first velocity of bodies might be presented, that is what force is required to raise, for instance, one pound weight, one yard high in one second of time.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Biographies/Brouncker.html (2081 words)

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		William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons was born in 1620.
		William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Brouncker of Newcastle, in the Province of Munster [I., 1645] in November 1645.
		She married, secondly, Henry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons, son of Sir William Brouncker, 1st Viscount Brouncker of Lyons and Winifred Leigh, circa 1 May 1661.
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		William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), Mathematician; first President of the Royal Society.
		Brouncker was the most eminent of the leaders of Whitehall society who gave science a certain social standing at the court of Charles II.
		In addition to his defence of the national honour in trials of skill with the mathematicians of France, Brouncker is now chiefly remembered for expressing the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference as a continued fraction.
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		Allen, William Clerk to Surveyor pd. from 28 Jan. 1702 (Adm. 7/810 f.
		Brouncker, William (Brouncker) 2nd Viscount Extra Commissioner 7 Dec. 1664- 16 Jan. 1667 (C 66/3061).
		Hawes, William Clerk to Surveyor pd. from 29 Jan. 1720 (Adm. 7/810 f.
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	CELL: Early Letters of the Royal Society,Biographical Index
		William Brouncker's father was a rpominent royalist, who had been a member of Charles I's privy council and vice chamberlain to Charles II, when he was Pince of Wales.
		Brouncker subscribed the declaration in favour of General Monk in 1660 and in 1662 he was appointed chancellor to Catherine of Braganza.
		Brouncker studied mathematics at Oxford and his publications in the Philosophical Transactions reflect this interest, which was also useful in his role as a navy commissioner.
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		Sir William and his son both married heiresses as well as adding to the family estates by purchase; Sir George further strengthened his position as a local magnate by buying the manor and hundred of Godalming from the Crown.
		Sir William Howard of Lingfield was brother to Lord Admiral, the future Earl of Nottingham (Victoria History of the County of Surrey, I, 394; DNB, 2nd ed.
		Opinion that simony was involved in the contract between William Oughtred and John Tichborne for presentation to the church of Compton in Surrey.
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	The Galileo Project
		Sir William Brouncker was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles I and held a number of governmental appointments.
		Brouncker was the first to introduce continued fractions and to give a series for the quadrature of a portion of the equilateral hyperbola.
		J.F. Scott and Harold Hartley, "William, Viscount Brouncker, P.R.S. (1620-1684)," Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 15 (1960-1), 147-57.
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	The History of Science & Technology - Series One
		William of Orange marries Princess Mary, daughter of the Duke of York.
		The Siege of Vienna by the Turks fails, but leads to the popularity of coffee (beans and grounds were found in the abandoned baggage of the Turks), the invention of the crescent roll (croissant), and the growth of cafés and café society throughout Europe.
		William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
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	THE ROYAL SOCIETY - Online Information article about THE ROYAL SOCIETY
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		1130-C. William IV., when by the new warrant then issued the president and six of the Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society were added to the list of visitors.
		Joule, and the others created out of a bequest to the society by Sir William Mackinnon in 1897.
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	BSHM: Gazetteer -- LONDON people A-C
		Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) was born in London and was Gresham Professor of Geometry in 1662‑1664.
		William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) came to London as Quain Professor of Physics at UCL in 1915, the year he and his son won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
		William Burnside (1852-1927) was (probably?) born at his father's house, 7 Hawley Place, Paddington.
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	Royal Society. Who is Royal Society? What is Royal Society? Where is Royal Society? Definition of Royal Society. ...
		Boyle, in his letters written in 1646 and 1647, refers to our invisible college or the philosophical college.
		Its official foundation date is November 28, 1660, when 12 of them met at Gresham College after a lecture by Christopher Wren, the Gresham Professor of Astronomy and decided to found 'a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning'.
		This group included Christopher Wren himself, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Robert Moray, and William, Viscount Brouncker.
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		So a quadrature at the time of one Viscount William Brouncker, co-founder of the Royal Society in England, and its first President in 1662, would have permitted the method of exhaustion.
		Brouncker, using the ideas of Saint-Vincent, Fermat, and Gregory, devised a completely geometric scheme for a progression of areas which would converge on the hyperbolic segment 1/(1+x) in the interval from x = 0 to x = 1.
		Brouncker "boxed in" the area by using a series of smaller and smaller rectangles which gave upper and lower limits to the measure sought.
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	Roper Memorials
		The latter the, descended as they are from Christopher, youngest brother of William, and brother-in-law of Margaret More, William’s wife, cannot boast a drop of the blood of the illustrious Sir Thomas More in their veins.
		And since, according to the family pedigree, which is annotated by Epiphanius himself, his father died in London in 1584, it is reasonable to suppose that the family had left its Herefordshire home before that date, and had settled in London, where in fact Epiphanius is recorded to have been living in 1591 and 1592.
		It commemorates William, Viscount Brouncker (1645), and his wife, Dame Winefred (1649), who are represented “sitting, both leaning on a table that stands between them.” [History of the University of Oxford, by Anthony Wood, Edited by John Gutch (1786), Vol.
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	MS. Carte Calendar 42
		William Howard, esquire, to have Letters Patent authorising him to practise within the bar, in any Court of Justice in Ireland.
		Captain William Rosse to have a yearly pension of three hundred pounds, sterling, to be paid out of the Revenue of Ireland.
		William Godolphin, Esquire, to have a Grant, upon conditions herein stated, of certain lands in the barony of Connelloe, and county of Limerick, which were formerly allotted and set out in satisfaction of the Adventure of Samuel Avery, late of London, deceased.
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		Adair, William Paymaster of Marines 5 April 1755-16 Dec. 1756 (Adm. 6/406 pp.
		Atherton, William Counsel and Judge Advocate of the Fleet 6 June 1855-16 Dec. 1859 (Adm. 12/602, under Admiralty Courts).
		Hellyer, William John Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet 14 Jan. 1856-23 April 1861 (Adm. 12/619, under Courts Martial).
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	MS. Carte Calendar 46
		Petition of William Warren, esquire, to the Duke of Ormond
		William Powell, Gentleman, to be Clerk of the Peace in the counties of Kildare, Meath, and Wexford.
		Sir William Temple gives a description of a country and people surprised by apprehension of an unexpected and dreadful war, yet preparing for their defence by all the ways proper for it...
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	ID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		William IV (King of England, 1765-1837) Document signed, commissioning W.M. McNeill Ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot (King's Light Infantry), engraved document, completed in manuscript, paper seals, countersigned by Lord Melbourne, oblong 4to, framed and glazed, 1st December, 1830.
		by George III and countersigned by Viscount Hillsborough, printed document on vellum, with manuscript insertions, paper seal, folds, browned, 223 x 340mm., 29th November 1780; and 2 others comprising an engraved portrait of George III and part of an Exchequer order signed by Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin, v.s.
		N.B. Atkinson from Woodhouse, near Sheffield was a professional soldier, the date in his army issued bible is stamped and dated ''Garrison Office, Pontefract, 7th October 1911''.
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	Brouncker, William (2nd Viscount) (Pepys' Diary)
		Brouncker was the first president of the Royal Society.
		Brouncker and Brounchar are also phonetic spellings of Brunkard.
		William is frequently confused with his younger brother Henry due to Henry’s inheriting of his elder brother’s title.
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	A Compendium of Irish Biography: comprising sketches of distinguished Irishmen, eminent persons connected with Ireland ...
		Balfe, Michael William, a musician and a composer, born at 10, Pitt-street, Dublin, 15th May 1808, was one of the first Irishmen of modern times whose talent as a composer has been widely acknowledged, and whose works have been performed throughout the Continent.
		Bedell, William, Bishop of Kilmore, was born December 1571, at Black Notley in Essex, of an ancient and respectable family.
		Bowles, William, a naturalist, was born in Ireland, and died in Spain in 1780.
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	Complete Diary of Samuel Pepys - MARCH 1665
		William Howe come to see me, being come up with my Lord from sea: he is grown a discreet, but very conceited fellow.
		He was Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York, and succeeded to the office of Cofferer on the death of William Ashburnham in 1671.
		Among others, Sir William Petty did tell me that in good earnest he hath in his will left such parts of his estate to him that could invent such and such things.
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	MELKSHAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Brouncker, knighted in 1555, Member of Parliament for Devizes and Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1558, was a founder member of an original joint stock company, Muscovy Trading, established to take advantage of England's Persian and Russian trade.
		William was Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1580 and a Member of Parliament in 1586.
		Henry's 2nd son became Lord President of Munster in Ireland and was the grandfather of Viscount Brouncker who was the 1st President of the Royal Society.
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		Brouncker, William (Brouncker) 2nd Viscount Commissioner ( Trade) 7 Nov. 1660.
		Fonblanque, William Albany Superintendent of Statistical Department 22 Oct. 1847 (BT 5/56).
		Palmerston, Henry (Temple) 2nd Viscount Commissioner 3 Jan.-22 Oct. 1766.
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	A Catalogue of Smith - Smyth - Smythe - houses, homes, libraries - England and Ireland
		Any connection between James Smith who built Bradenham Hall and Elizabeth Smith, born 28 September 1680, Walsoken, England, who married Andrew Ogard, great-grandson of Sir Andrew Ogard is unknown.
		Smith, William, Rector of Melsonby 1726 Donated tracts to Bodley.
		Smyth, William Edward, of the Treasury 1798 April 12, 1798.
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	Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford Of Albuera And Dungarvan, Duke De Elvas -- Encyclopædia ...
		Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford Of Albuera And Dungarvan, Duke De Elvas...
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		Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, Marquess of Douro, Marquess of Wellington, Earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley
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	Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
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		The prime minister of Great Britain for more than six years, Viscount Melbourne served as adviser and mentor to Queen Victoria during the early part of her reign.
		William Harvey's studies were the beginnings of the science of physiology.
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	The Work-diaries of Robert Boyle: Biographical and Bibliographical Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		William III had been given permission to recruit soldiers in the Protestant Cantons.
		William appears to have spent most of his early life with his father in foreign military service in France or Spain, so it is very likely that he is the 'noble and inquisitive Person' who 'some years since being upon the borders of Catalonia' in XXI:621.
		He was not, however, Lord Morton at the time Boyle composed this work-diary; another William Douglas, the subject of this entry's grandson, held the title in 1654.
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	Memoirs of Count de Grammont - Notes and Illustrations 1
		Lord Orford says of him, that "he was the finest gentleman of the voluptuous court of Charles the Second, and in the gloomy one of King William.
		He was of the privy-council to King James II., and, in 1689, went as envoy to the Emperor Leopold.
		lord of the bedchamber, privy counsellor, colonel of the royal regiment of horse guards, and lord-lieutenant of the county of Essex; and lieutenant-general of the forces in the reign of William III., and also knight of the garter.
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	The Work-diaries of Robert Boyle: Biographical and Bibliographical Register
		Brooke, Robert Greville, 2nd Baron (1608-43): one of the leading opponents to Charles I among the Lords and commander of Parliamentary forces.
		Inchiquin, William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of (1638?-92): his father, Murrough O'Brien (1614-74), 1st Earl of Inchiquin, was appointed governor of that part of Catalonia that was occupied by the French in 1654, during the 1625-59 war between France and Spain.
		Vaughan, William (died 1719): New Hampshire planter in England in late 1684 and 1685, with Nathaniel Weare, to petition the Court in the name of the colonists against the perceived depredations of Governor Cranfield and the colony's proprietor Richard Mason.
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