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| John WALLYS Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, 1632/3 . S. of John (? 1586 ), V. of Ashford, Kent (According to D.N.B. he graduated B.A. and M.A. from Trinity, and is therefore probably identical with one or other of the two preceding men.). B. 25 Nov., 1616, at Ashford [ Kent ]. School, Felsted [ Essex ]. Matric. 1633 ; B.A. 1636/7 ; M.A. 1640 . Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1649 . D.D. (Oxford) 1654 ; Incorp. from Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1656 . Fellow of Queens', 1644-5 . Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1649-1703 . Chaplain to Sir Richard Darley and afterwards to Mary, Baroness Vere. An adept at the crypto-logicart; employed by the Parliament to decipher intercepted dispatches, 1642-5 . Secretary of the Westminster Assembly [ London ], 1644 . Keeper of the Archives at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1654-1703 . R. of St Gabriel, Fenchurch Street, London , 1645-7 . Minister of St Martin's, Ironmonger Lane [ London ], 1647 . Associated with Robert Boyle and other reformers of scientific method, whose weekly meetings led to the incorporation of the Royal Society in 1663 . F.R.S., 1663 . Succeeded to an estate in Kent . Opposed the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, 1692 . Author, mathematical and theological. Died at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 28 Oct., 1703; buried in St Mary's Church [Oxford, Oxfordshire ]. ( D.N.B. ; Vis. of Kent, 1663 ; Al. Oxon. ) | John WALLYS Approx. lifespan: 1614–1703 Adm. pens. at Emmanuel College 1632/3 s. of John WALLYS (? 1586 ), V. of Ashford, Kent (According to D.N.B. he graduated B.A. and M.A. from Trinity College, and is therefore probably identical with one or other of the two preceding men.). b. 1616:11:25 at Ashford, [ Kent ] School Felsted, [ Essex ] Matric. 1633 B.A. 1636/7 M.A. 1640 Incorp. at Oxford University 1649 D.D. (Oxford) 1654 Incorp. from Oxford University 1656 Fellow of Queens' College 1644-45 Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford, [ Oxfordshire ] 1649-1703 Chaplain to Sir Richard Darley and afterwards to Mary, Baroness Vere. An adept at the crypto-logicart; employed by the Parliament to decipher intercepted dispatches 1642-45 Secretary of the Westminster Assembly, [ London ] 1644 Keeper of the Archives at Oxford, [ Oxfordshire ] 1654-1703 R. of St Gabriel Fenchurch Street, London 1645-47 Minister of St Martin's Ironmonger Lane, [ London ] 1647 Associated with Robert Boyle and other reformers of scientific method, whose weekly meetings led to the incorporation of the Royal Society in 1663 F.R.S. 1663 Succeeded to an estate in Kent Opposed the adoption of the Gregorian calendar 1692 Author, mathematical and theological. d. Oxford, [ Oxfordshire ] 1703:10:28 ; buried in St Mary's Church [Oxford], [ Oxfordshire ] ( D.N.B. ; Vis. of Kent 1663 ; Al. Oxon. ) |