William Wales

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1734

Died

29 December 1798

Place of birth

Yorkshire

Place of death

London

Sex or gender

male

Given name

William

Family name

Wales

Spouse

Mary Green

Field of work

astronomy, mathematics

Occupation

mathematician, astronomer, explorer, pedagogue, computer

Citizenship

Kingdom of Great Britain

Native language

English

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society

described by source

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

employer

Nevil Maskelyne

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

Royal Society

participant in

first voyage of James Cook, second voyage of James Cook

student

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb

writing language

English

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