Alexander Torriano ( 1667 - 1717 )

Birth: Wandsworth, Surrey, England (02 October 1667) Death: Kensington (February 1717) Burial: Kensington Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Education: Merchant Taylors' School; St John's College, Oxford (matriculated 1685); BCL (1693), DCL (1706) Career: Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, London (1691-1713); Chaplain to the Earl of Manchester on his embassy to France (1698) and to Venice (1706-1708); Rector of Holywell, Huntingdonshire (1704); Canon of Lincoln (1712); Clerk of the Closet to the Princess of Wales (1714) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1691.