Henry Power ( c1623 - 1668 )

Birth: Annesley, Nottinghamshire, England, Europe (c1623) Death: New Hall near Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Europe (December 1668) Burial: Church of All Saints, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, Europe (23 December 1668) Occupation: Physician Research Field: Microscopy; physics; medicine Education: Mr Higginson's School at Halifax, Yorkshire; Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1644; MA 1648; MD 1655) Career: Practised at Halifax; correspondent of Sir Thomas Browne; conducted experiments with Richard Towneley, some reports of which later became part of 'Experimental Philosophy' (1664); transferred medical practice to Wakefield (1664); wrote but did not publish 'Historia physico-anatomica' (mid 1660s) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/07/1663 Proposer: John Wilkins Other RSActivity: Correspondent with William Croone (FRS 1663) regarding his experimental researches and meteorological observations.