Name Granville Wheler Parents Sir George Wheler | Died 1770 | |
Education Christ's College, Cambridge | ||
Granville Wheler (1701–1770) was an English clergyman and scientist.
Life
He was third son of Sir George Wheler, born in August 1701, and was educated in Durham. He was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1717, graduating B.A. in 1721. He was Fellow of Christ's 1722–4, and graduated M.A. in 1724. He became rector of Leake and prebendary of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728, and at his house, Otterden near Charing, Kent, carried on experiments in electricity with Stephen Gray. After Gray's death in 1736, he published his own observations in electrostatics.
He died in May 1770, and was buried in Otterden church. He married, first, Lady Catherine Maria, daughter of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, and had by her seven children; secondly, Mary, daughter of John Dove of London. His library was sold in 1771.