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<p> a Church of [[England]] divine, was born September 7, 1677. He entered Corpus [[Christi]] College in 1696, graduated A.B. in 1701, A.M. in 1703, and B.D. in 1711, greatly distinguishing himself meanwhile as a botanist, anatomist, and astronomer. In 1710 he was presented to the perpetual curacy of Teddington, Middlesex, and afterwards accepted the living of Porlock, Somersetshire, which he exchanged for the living of Farringdon, Hampshire. On March 13, 1717, or 1718, he was elected a member of the [[Royal]] Society. In 1725 he published a valuable work on Vegetable Statistics, and in 1733 a sequel to it, entitled Statistical Essays. He published a very popular work on Temperance; and in 1739 an 8vo volume entitled, Philosophical Experiments on Sea-water, Corn, Flesh, and other Substances. Dr. Hales also published several sermons and many papers in the Phil. Trans., etc. He died at Teddington, January 4, 1761. See Masters, Hist. of E.C.C.C.; Annual Register, 1764, page 42; Gentleman's Magazine, volume 69; Butler, Life of Hildesley, page 362; Lysons, Environs; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p>
<p> Scientist, born at Beckesbourn, Kent; became a [[Fellow]] of [[Cambridge]] in 1702; took holy orders, and in 1710 settled down in the curacy of Teddington, Middlesex; science was his ruling passion, and his "Vegetable Staticks" is the first work to broach a true morphology of plants; his papers on Ventilation led to a wide-spread reform in prison ventilation, and his method of collecting gases greatly furthered the work of subsequent chemists (1677-1761). </p>


== References ==
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<ref name="term_42833"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hales,+stephen,+d.d.,+f.r.s. Stephen Hales from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_74439"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hales,+stephen Stephen Hales from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:29, 15 October 2021

Stephen Hales [1]

Scientist, born at Beckesbourn, Kent; became a Fellow of Cambridge in 1702; took holy orders, and in 1710 settled down in the curacy of Teddington, Middlesex; science was his ruling passion, and his "Vegetable Staticks" is the first work to broach a true morphology of plants; his papers on Ventilation led to a wide-spread reform in prison ventilation, and his method of collecting gases greatly furthered the work of subsequent chemists (1677-1761).

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  1. ↑ Stephen Hales from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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