Francis Aston

Antony's:

correspondent at the Royal Society

Baptism:

1644

Death or Burial date:

January 1, 1715

Secretary of the Royal Society from 1681-1685. Leeuwenhoek wrote five letters to him during that time. Two of them, dated 9 March 1683 and 26 October 1683, are known only by reference in other letters.

What happened?

Date	Event
January 22, 1681	The Royal Society read Francis Aston's translation of Letter 32 of 1680-11-12 (AB 65) to Hooke about the lees of ale and wine
February 16, 1683	Francis Aston wrote to Leeuwenhoek; invited him to investigate colors
March 17, 1683	Francis Aston wrote to Leeuwenhoek about new Royal Society officers
October 1, 1683	Francis Aston wrote to Leeuwenhoek about the translation of a Dutch phrase
November 3, 1683	The Royal Society read and discussed Letter 39 of 1683-09-17 to Francis Aston
January 1, 1684	Published Onsigtbare Geschapene Waarheden (Invisible Creation Truths), Letters 32, 39
February 26, 1684	Francis Aston wrote to Leeuwenhoek about the importance of his work
June 14, 1684	The Royal Society read the latter part of Letter 41 of 1684-04-14 to Francis Aston
February 6, 1686	The Royal Society elected Edmond Halley as clerk
January 1, 1696	Published Antony van Leeuwenhoeks 40ste Missive, Geschreven aan (Written to) de Heer Francois Aston
January 1, 1698	Published A. van Leeuwenhoeks 41ste Missive, Geschreven aen (written to) de Koninklijke Societeit tot Londen

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Related sources:

Year	Author	Title
1684	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Eyerstok
1684	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Onsigtbare geschapene waarheden
1684	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Schobbens in de Mond
1754 - 1787	Berryat, J. (ed.)	Collection académique

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Leeuwenhoek's translators
Period 3 - 1687-1694
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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter 39 of 1683-09-17 (AB 76) to Francis Aston about saliva and bacteria in tartar, nasal hairs and blackheads, skin, fish scales, pores, and calluses
Wrote Letter 40 of 1683-12-28 (AB 79) to Francis Aston
Wrote Letter 41 of 1684-04-14 (AB 80) to Francis Aston about lenses and corneas, the function of eye-lids, the involuntariness of blinking, the optic nerve, and the skin of Moors
Wrote Letter 42 of 1684-07-25 (AB 81) to Members of the Royal Society about parts of the brain of several animals, chalk stones of gout, leprosy, and the scales of eels

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