Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Bradley, James
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Bradley, James, s. William, of Sherbourne, co. Gloucester, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 15 March, 1710-11, aged 17; B.A. 1714, M.A. 1717, D.D. by diploma 22 Feb., 1741-2, vicar of Bridstow, co. Hereford, 1719-21, rector (sinecure) Llanddewi Velvrey, co. Carmarthen, 1719-21, Savilian professor of astronomy 1721-62, professor of experimental philosophy 1749-60, astronomer royal 1742, F.R.S. 1718, born at Sherbourn Sept., 1692, died 12 July, 1762. See Rawlinson, ii. 173; xvi. 244; Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus; & D.N.B.