John Whiteside ( 1679 - 1729 )

Birth: Kirkham, Lancashire, England Baptism: 02 November 1679 Death: Oxford (12 or 22 October 1729) Burial: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Research field: Physics; Chemistry Education: Brasenose College, Oxford; BA (1700), MA (1704) Career: Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford (1713); Vicar of King's Walden, Hertfordshire; Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (1714-death); instituted the teaching of physics at Oxford by giving a course of lectures at the Ashmolean (1715), and later on other subjects, including astronomy, architecture and chemistry; these courses were continued by James Bradley (FRS 1718) after his death; died of gangrene following a fall from his horse while visiting King's Walden, but he blamed his illness on 'drinking a pretty bad deal of small beer' Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/07/1718 Proposers: William Jones.