Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806
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Name (Latin)
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806
Other forms of name
St. Albans, Archdeacon of, 1733-1806
Horsley, Samuel
St. Davids, Samuel, Bishop of, 1733-1806
Samuel, Bishop of Rochester, 1733-1806
Samuel, Bishop of St. Davids, 1733-1806
Rochester, Samuel, Bishop of, 1733-1806
Date of birth
1733-09-15
Date of death
1806-10-04
Gender
male
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Wikipedia description:
Samuel Horsley (15 September 1733 – 4 October 1806) was a British churchman, bishop of Rochester from 1793. He was also well versed in physics and mathematics, on which he wrote a number of papers and thus was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767; and secretary in 1773, but, in consequence of a difference with the president (Sir Joseph Banks) he withdrew in 1784.
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