Richard Waller

Antony's:

correspondent and editor at the Royal Society

Death or Burial date:

January 1, 1715

Waller published The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke in 1705. He was secretary of the Royal Society for almost 30 years and editor of Philosophical Transactions for a short time between Halley and Sloane when he and Leeuwenhoek exchanged letters.

Leeuwenhoek sent him a copy of the 1687 Anatomia seu interiora rerum, the version with the two misspellings in the title. On one of the flyleaves, Waller wrote:

Ric: Waller
ex dono Authoris

(gift from the author)

What happened?

Date	Event
February 6, 1686	The Royal Society elected Edmond Halley as clerk
February 12, 1692	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-215 to Leeuwenhoek about his recent observations and the structure of grass
January 31, 1693	editor Richard Waller began publishing Leeuwenhoek again in Philosophical Transactions
May 8, 1693	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-224 to Leeuwenhoek about colors of feathers and univocal generation
February 10, 1694	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-234 to Leeuwenhoek, asking him to examine the colors of birds' feathers and other bodies, such as silk, paint, and mercury and whether he had observed sperm inside of an egg
May 2, 1694	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-243 to Leeuwenhoek about recent observations, to request a portrait, and to introduce Mr. Walfort, who delivered it
March 3, 1714	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-502 of 3 March 1714 to discuss recent observations about muscles
March 8, 1714	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-503 to Leeuwenhoek on behalf of the Royal Society about recent observations on muscle fibers and numbers of Philosophical Transactions
July 19, 1714	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-505 to Leeuwenhoek about how the Royal Society received his observations
July 27, 1714	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-506 about Letter L-504 and promised to publish whatever Leeuwenhoek sent
August 30, 1714	Richard Waller wrote Letter L-508 to Leeuwenhoek about the receipt of his latest letter and the Royal Society's annual recess

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Related sources:

Year	Author	Title
1665	various	Philosophical Transactions
1696	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Vijfde Vervolg

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Who wrote letters to Leeuwenhoek?

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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter L-217 of 1692-04-22 to Richard Waller about the construction of an air pump and experiments with different liquids, seeds and small stones in urine, a hog's hair in the skin of a child, and grains of wheat
Wrote Letter L-225 of 1693-07-01 to Richard Waller, cover letter for a volume in Latin and confirmation of receipt of Letter L-224
Wrote Letter L-230 of 1693-12-08 to Richard Waller, a cover letter
Wrote Letter L-232 of 1694-01-19 to Richard Waller as a cover letter for Letter L-231
Wrote Letter L-235 of 1694-02-12 to Richard Waller as a cover letter for Letter L-233
Wrote Letter L-244 of 1694-05-26 to Richard Waller, cover letter for copy of Vierde Vervolg der Brieven
Wrote Letter L-245 of 1694-09-14 to Richard Waller about blood circulation and having sent six copies of his portrait to London

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