Seth Ward ( 1617 - 1689 )

Birth: Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (c. 1617) Baptism: St Mary's Church, Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (5 April 1617) Death: Knightsbridge, London, England, Europe (6 January 1689) Burial: Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England, Europe Occupation: Clergyman, Church of England Research Field: Astronomy Education: Grammar School at Buntingford, Hertfordshire; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (BA 1637; MA 1640); Studied William Oughtred's mathematics with Charles Scarburgh (FRS 1663); Wadham College, Oxford (DD 1654) Career: Fellow of Sidney (1640-1644) ejected; ordained priest (1641); mathematical lecturer at Cambridge University (1643); imprisoned in St John's College, Cambridge as a Royalist (1644); Published 'Certain Disquisitions and Considerations Representing to the Conscience the Unlawfulness of the ... Solemn League and Covenant' (c.1643); Tutor to the sons of Ralph Freeman at Aspenden Hall (c1644-1649); Chaplain to Lord Wenman (1649); Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford (1649-1661); Produced study of the nature of comets (1653); Collaborative work with John Wilkins (FRS 1663) on 'Vindiciae academiarum' (1654); Published 'Astronomia geometrica' (1656); Chaplain to Dr. Ralph Brownrig (1656); President of Trinity College, Oxford (1659-1660); Rector of Garsington, Oxford (1660) ejected; Canon and Precentor of Exeter (1660-1662); Rector of St Lawrence Jewry, London (1661-1662); Rector of Uplowman, Devon (1661); Rector of St Breock, Cornwall (1662); Dean of Exeter (1662); Bishop of Exeter (1662-1667); Bishop of Salisbury (1667-1689); Chancellor of the Order of the Garter (1671-1689); benefactor of the Royal Society and Sidney Sussex College; Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: 1664, 1666-1678 VP 1674-?.