Henry Colepepper Fairfax

Biographical Summary

• Surname: Fairfax
• Forenames: Henry Colepeper
• Epithet: Mathematician
• Other Forms of Name: Fairfax, Henry Culpepper
• Dates of Existence: c 1697 - 1734
• Nationality: British
• Birth: c 1697
• Death: 14 October 1734
• Address: Leeds Castle, Kent
• Research Field: Mathematics
• Education: Oriel College, Oxford. BA (1716)
• Career: Captain-Lieutenant, 7th Dragoon Guards (1719)
• Membership: Fellow
• Election Date: 11/01/1727
• Relationships: Son of Thomas Fairfax, 5th Baron Fairfax of Cameron, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas, Lord Colepeper

SOURCE: "Fairfax, Henry Colepeper", The Royal Society Collections