Edward Stone (1702-1768) and Edmund Stone (1700-1768): Confused identities resolved

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Pierpoint, William S ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 0031180032     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.1997.0018     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. E. Stone, 'An account of the success of the bark of the willow in the cure of agues', Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 53, 195-200 (1763).
2. *P. Fairley, The Conquest of Pain (London, Michael Joseph, 1978). B. Roueche, The Incurable Wound, and Further Narratives of Medical Attention (London, Victor Gollancz, 1958). *J. Vane, 'Pill of Pills', Illustrated London News 275 (No 7063), 42-43 (1987).
3. *P. Fairley, The Conquest of Pain (London, Michael Joseph, 1978). B. Roueche, The Incurable Wound, and Further Narratives of Medical Attention (London, Victor Gollancz, 1958). *J. Vane, 'Pill of Pills', Illustrated London News 275 (No 7063), 42-43 (1987).
4. *P. Fairley, The Conquest of Pain (London, Michael Joseph, 1978). B. Roueche, The Incurable Wound, and Further Narratives of Medical Attention (London, Victor Gollancz, 1958). *J. Vane, 'Pill of Pills', Illustrated London News 275 (No 7063), 42-43 (1987).
5. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
6. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
7. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
8. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
9. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
10. R. Alstaedter (ed.), Aspirin, the Medicine of the Century (Germany, Bayer AG, 1985). *H. O. J. Collier, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 209, 97-109 (1963). M. Gross and L. A. Greenberg, The Salicylates, A Critical Bibliographic Review (New Haven, USA, Hillhouse Press, 1848). W.S. Pierpoint, 'Salicylic acid and its derivatives in plants: medicines, metabolites and messenger molecules', Adv. Bot. Res. 20, 164-235 (1994). *J. Vane and R. M. Botting, 'The History of Aspirin', Aspirin and Other Salicylates (ed J. R. Vane and R. M. Botting), pp 3-16 (London, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1992). *G. Weissmann, 'Aspirin', Scientific American 264, 58-64 (1991).
11. Articles marked * in notes 2 and 3 refer to Stone as Edmund or query his name.
12. Royal Society Letters and Papers (R.S.L.P.), Decade 4, Nos 134-180; vol. 34, no 161 (1763).
13. Royal Society Journal Book (R.S.J.B.), 2 June 1763.
14. R.S.L.P., Decade 4, Nos 382-415; vol 40, no 408 (1767).
15. R.S.J.B., 19 November 1767.
16. Dictionary of National Biography, article on Edmund Stone (1898).
17. Personal communication from Reverend R. N. Mann of Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucestershire), and Dr C. Davies of Wadham College (Oxford). Some of Mann's researches are entertainingly described by P. Fairley (cited in Note 2).
18. Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons, article on Edward Stone (1993).
19. Edward Stone's four books in the library at Wadham's are: The Reasonableness, and Excellency of Abraham's Faith in Offering up His Son, Oxford University Sermon of 1732 (to which is added some remarks upon Mr Chubb's case of Abraham) (London, 1733); The Whole Doctrine of Parallaxes Explained and Illustrated by an Arithmetical and Geometrical Construction of the Transits of Venus and Mercury over the Sun, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1768); Remarks upon the History of the Life of Reginald Pole, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1766); Discourses on some Important Subjects by the late Reverend Edward Stone MA, published by his son the Reverend Edward Stone MA (Oxford, 1771).
20. Edward Stone's four books in the library at Wadham's are: The Reasonableness, and Excellency of Abraham's Faith in Offering up His Son, Oxford University Sermon of 1732 (to which is added some remarks upon Mr Chubb's case of Abraham) (London, 1733); The Whole Doctrine of Parallaxes Explained and Illustrated by an Arithmetical and Geometrical Construction of the Transits of Venus and Mercury over the Sun, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1768); Remarks upon the History of the Life of Reginald Pole, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1766); Discourses on some Important Subjects by the late Reverend Edward Stone MA, published by his son the Reverend Edward Stone MA (Oxford, 1771).
21. Edward Stone's four books in the library at Wadham's are: The Reasonableness, and Excellency of Abraham's Faith in Offering up His Son, Oxford University Sermon of 1732 (to which is added some remarks upon Mr Chubb's case of Abraham) (London, 1733); The Whole Doctrine of Parallaxes Explained and Illustrated by an Arithmetical and Geometrical Construction of the Transits of Venus and Mercury over the Sun, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1768); Remarks upon the History of the Life of Reginald Pole, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1766); Discourses on some Important Subjects by the late Reverend Edward Stone MA, published by his son the Reverend Edward Stone MA (Oxford, 1771).
22. Edward Stone's four books in the library at Wadham's are: The Reasonableness, and Excellency of Abraham's Faith in Offering up His Son, Oxford University Sermon of 1732 (to which is added some remarks upon Mr Chubb's case of Abraham) (London, 1733); The Whole Doctrine of Parallaxes Explained and Illustrated by an Arithmetical and Geometrical Construction of the Transits of Venus and Mercury over the Sun, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1768); Remarks upon the History of the Life of Reginald Pole, 2nd edn (Oxford and London, 1766); Discourses on some Important Subjects by the late Reverend Edward Stone MA, published by his son the Reverend Edward Stone MA (Oxford, 1771).
23. Dictionary of National Biography, article on George Parker (1895).
24. E. Stone, 'Concerning two species of lines of the third order, not mentioned by Sir Isaac Newton, nor by Mr Stirling', Phil. Trans R. Soc. Lond. 41, 318-320 (1740). Although published in 1740, the article carries a date suggesting that it was submitted on 31 July 1736, almost three years earlier.
25. E. Stone, 'On Sir Isaac Newtons five diverging parabolas', R.S.L.P., Decade 1, Nos. 138-169. No 164 (1742/3).
26. R.S.J.B., 17 February 1742.