Martin Folkes

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Martin Folkes, etching by William Hogarth (1697–1764)

Martin Folkes (born October 29, 1690 in London , † June 28, 1754 ) was an English mathematician and numismatist and from 1741 to 1753 President of the Royal Society .

Life

Folkes studied at Saumur University and Clare College of Cambridge University mathematics and was already at the age of 23 years as a Fellow Royal Society added. He was elected in 1716 and named Vice-President by Isaac Newton in 1723 . After Newton's death, he was also one of the candidates for the presidency, but was initially defeated by Hans Sloane , who he succeeded as President of the Royal Society from 1741 to 1753. In 1742 he became a member ( associé étranger ) of the Académie des sciences in Paris, in 1745 he became an honorary member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences . 1746 received honorary doctorates from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and became a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

In 1733 he traveled through Italy and wrote his work Dissertations on the weights and values ​​of Ancient Coins during this time (German: treatise on weights and values ​​of ancient coins ). Before the Society of Antiquaries , whose chairman he was later from 1749 to 1754, he contributed 1,736 of his works Observations on the Trojan and Antonine Pillars at Rome (dt .: Investigation Trojan and Antoni shear columns in Rome ) and Table of English gold coins from the 18th Year of King Edward III (English: table of English gold coins from the 18th year of Edward III's reign ). He published this last work in 1745 together with a work on silver coins. Both works later became the property of the Society of Antiquaries, and works on Roman antiquities were given to the Royal Society. In 1739 he became one of the co-founders and vice-presidents of the London Foundling Hospital for Abandoned Children, a position he held until 1747.

In 1714 Folkes married the actress Lucretia Bradshaw , who appeared at Haymarket and Drury Lane (see also Nichols ' s Lit. Anecdot. Ii. 5 78-598).

On Sir John Hill 's attack on Folkes ( Review of the Works of the Royal Soc. , 1751), see also D'Israeli , Calamities and Quarrels of Authors (1860), pp. 364-366.

Works

  • Martin Folkes; John Ward; Andrew Gifford; Society of Antiquaries of London : Tables of English silver and gold coins (First published by Martin Folkes, Esq; and now re-printed, with plates and explanations, by the Society of Antiquaries). London 1763

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Web links

Commons : Martin Folkes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter F. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 14, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Folkes, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English numismatist and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1754