William Petty ( 1623 - 1687 )

Birth: Romsey, Hampshire, England, Europe (26 May 1623) Death: Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England, Europe (16 December 1687) Burial: Romsey Abbey, Hampshire, London, England, Europe Occupation: Physician Surveyor Research Field: economics; demography; geography Education: School at Romsey; La Fleche; Jesuit College, Caen; Paris; Leyden (matriculated 1644); Utrecht; Amsterdam; Brasenose College, Oxford (DMed 1650) Career: Went to sea at an early age but was deserted in France with a broken leg; taught English and navigation while studying in Caen; joined the Royal Navy; went abroad at the outbreak of the Civil War; was a member of Mersenne's circle in Paris; returned to England and took up the trade of clothier (1646); Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford; Assistant to Thomas Clayton, Professor of Anatomy at Oxford; Professor of Anatomy (1651); Professor of Music, Gresham College, London (1651); Physician to the Army in Ireland (1652); Physician to Lambert, Fleetwood and Henry Cromwell, Viceroys of Ireland; Clerk of the Council and Surveyor-General of Ireland (1654); Made the 'Down Survey' of Ireland published as 'Hiberniae Delineato' (1685); MP for West Looe, Cornwall (1659), Enniscorthy, Ireland (1661); designed a double-bottomed boat, a model of which he gave to the Royal Society (1663); Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland; Commissioner of the Navy in England Honours: Kt 1661 Memberships: FRCP (1658); Dublin Philosophical Society Membership: Founder Fellow Election Date: 28/11/1660 Council: Active on Council from 1663 with short breaks until his death in 1687.