Robert Smith ( 1689 - 1768 )

Birth: Lea, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (1689) Death: The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge (02 February 1768) Burial: Trinity College chapel, Cambridge Research Field: Physics Education: Mr Thomas's School at Leicester; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1712), MA (1715), LLD (1723), DD (Lit Reg 1739) Career: Assistant to his cousin; Fellow of Trinity (1714); Tutor at Trinity (1715-1734); Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge (1716-1760); ordained deacon and priest (1738); Vice Chancellor of Cambridge (1742-1743); Master of Trinity (1742-1768); benefactor of Cambridge University Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/02/1719.