Robert Nelson ( 1656 - 1715 )

Birth: London, England (22 June 1656) Death: The house of his cousin, Mrs Wolf, Kensington, Middlesex (16 January 1715) Burial: Lambs Conduit Fields, London Profession: Author Education: St Paul's School; Pupil of George Bull, Rector of Suddington, Gloucestershire, and afterwards Bishop of St David's; Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1677) Career: Travelled to Paris with Edmond Halley (FRS 1678) and then made the Grand Tour (1680-1682); corresponded with John Tillotson (FRS 1672); lived at Aachen and later Florence, returning to England by way of Germany and Holland (1691); had strong Jacobite sympathies and joined the Non-Jurors, returned to the Church of England (1710); took part in various charitable enterprises, including the establishment of charity schools; Commissioner for Building Fifty New Churches; first person to be buried in Lamb Conduit Fields Memberships: SPCK; SPG Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/04/1680 Proposers: Joseph Lane.