William Holder ( 1616 - 1698 )

Birth: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, Europe (1616) Death: Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (24 January 1698) Burial: St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Europe Occupation: Clergyman, Church of England Research Field: Speech Time Education: Nottingham High School; Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA 1637; MA 1640); Incorporated at Oxford (1644; DD 1660) Career: Friend of Seth Ward (FRS 1663); Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge (1640-1642); ordained deacon (1640); Rector of Barnoldby-le-Beck, Lincolnshire (1641-1642); Rector of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire (1642); lived with his father-in-law at Bristol and Knoyle; tutor to Christopher Wren (FRS 1663); Prebendary of Ely (1652-1698); taught Alexander Popham, a deaf and mute person, to speak (1659); Prebendary of Southwell (1660-1664); Master of Mere Hospital, Lincoln (1660); Rector of Northwold, Norfolk (1662-1667); Rector of Tydd St Giles' (1663); Prebendary of St Paul's (1660-1698); Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal (1674-1689); Canon residentiary of St Paul's (1680-1698); Rector of Therfield, Hertfordshire (1687); published 'Discourse Concerning Time' to explain the calendar reform (1694; 1701) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: 1676-1677, 1679, 1682-1683, 1689, 1695 Committee appointments include: Committee for Agriculture [Georgical Committee] (1664) Other RSActivity: Member of Robert Hooke's (FRS 1663) informal 'Club for Natural Philosophy and Mechanics'.