Physician, antiquary, and member and secretary of the Royal Society in 1685, serving as editor of the Philosophical Transactions for nos. 167 to 178. He published a note on Alfred's Jewel in the Philosophical Transactions (Vol. 20, no. 247 [1698], p. 441 sig. Vvv) (Earle, 25). Dating from the reign of Alfred the Great, the jewel is a piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry made of enamel and quartz enclosed in gold. It was discovered in 1693 in North Petherton, Somerset, England, and is held at the Ashmolean Museum. Dictionary of National Biography entry:https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/19668Other biography:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MusgraveOther Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jewel - The Alfred JewelPeople linked to person:
William Musgrave was a member of Royal Society (-)