Samuel Klingenstierna ( 1698 - 1765 )

Birth: Near Linkoping, Sweden Baptism: 18 August 1698 Death: Stockholm, Sweden (? November 1765) Research Field: Physics, optics Education: School at Linkoping; Uppsala Career: Secretary to the Swedish Treasury; travelled to Marburg, Basel, Paris and London; Professor of Mathematics, Uppsala (1728-1750), Professor of Physics (1750); Tutor to the Crown Prince (1754-1764); Royal Counsellor; quarrelled with John Dollond (FRS 1761) who used his work on achromatic refraction without acknowledgement Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/04/1730 Proposers: Martin Folkes; Abraham De Moivre; John Machin.