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Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers

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Royal Navy admiral

ScientistsLived 1722 to 1778 · aged 56
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Vice-Admiral Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, FRS was a British Royal Navy officer, hereditary peer, freemason and amateur astronomer.

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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby. Use a cursor to see who is who.[3]A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby. Use a cursor to see who is who.[3]

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientists born in the 1720s 6

Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov45.2Martinus Houttuyn44.4Peter Ascanius45.4Edward Nairne44.2Johann Georg Palitzsch46.6Pietro Arduino43.8

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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1722 to 1778 · aged 56
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