The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Daily entries from the 17th century London diary

William Brouncker (2nd Viscount Brouncker)

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Brouncker was the first president of the Royal Society. Though he was trained as a physician, he was best noted for his work in mathematics.

An extensive biography appears at

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mat...

Cumgranissalis   Link to this

Brouncher [Brounchar] second Vicount, excellent Mathematitian [per J. Evelyn]

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L&M Companion says:

"As an administrator he was active in all branches of the Board's work, but took a special interest in finance and accounts... His relations with Pepys fluctuated, but were at bottom good. They had common interests in music and science, and despite occasional quarrels over competition for contractors' favours, came to respect each other's ability. 'The truth is,' Pepys wrote (25 Aug. 1668), 'he is the best man of them all.'

Thomas Brunkard   Link to this

Brouncker and Brounchar are also phonetic spellings of Brunkard. William is frequently confused with his younger brother Henry due to Henry's inheriting of his elder brother's title.

Henry suffers from some bad press in Pepy's so be careful not to confuse them as some other online resources and certain new books about The Royal Society have.

Here is a link to an excellent potrait of William Brunkard, 2nd Viscount:

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?...

And one to the ersthwile Henry Brunkard, 3rd Viscount:

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?...

Here are some records from the British House of Commons on the brothers during the civil war.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/results.asp?qu...

The following link pints to a short biography that fills out some additional information on the pair.

http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/zingaz/London...

I am researching a biography of the three Viscount Brunkard's at the moment that I will publish online at http://www.brunkard.com in time. Any additional information anyone can add to help in its composition is appreciated.

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