Thomas Gale

Antony's:
correspondent at the Royal Society
Baptism:
1635/1636?
Death or Burial date:
April 7, 1702

A fellow of the Royal Society after 1677. Leeuwenhoek wrote three letters to him in the summer and fall of 1680 after Gale replaced Nehemiah Grew as one of the Royal Society's two secretaries.

Letter 32 of 1680年06月14日 (AB 62) was about spontaneous generation. Leeuwenhoek demonstrated that no living little animals originate in an infusion of pepper kept in a hermetically closed tube.

What happened?
Date Event
February 22, 1680 Thomas Gale authorized by the Royal Society to send diploma with seal to Leeuwenhoek
March 8, 1680 Thomas Gale wrote Letter L-101, sending Leeuwenhoek official notice of his election as member of the Royal Society
July 4, 1681 Robert Hooke wrote Letter L-112 of 4 July 1681 to thank Leeuwenhoek for previous letters and to promise to respond more promptly in the future
December 19, 1685 Francis Aston and Tancred Robinson abruptly resigned as the secretaries of the Royal Society, just a week after they had been reelected
February 6, 1686 The Royal Society elected Edmond Halley as clerk
March 12, 1686 Thomas Gale wrote Letter L-169 to Leeuwenhoek reviewing his recent "ingenious and curious communications"
March 12, 1686 Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-170, known only by reference in Letter L-176
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