Edward Cotton ( c1616 - 1675 )

Birth: c1616 Death: 11 November 1675 Occupation: Clergyman, Church of England Education: Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1632; BA 1636; MA 1638; DD 1661) Career: Canon of Exeter (1660); Archdeacon of Cornwall (1660); Vicar of Bampton, Oxfordshire (1663); Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral (1672) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposer: William Balle (1 April 1663) Committee appointments include: Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) Other RSActivity: Involved in reports on ores and minerals in Devon and Cornwall (1663).