About Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet

Sir John Clerk of Pennycuik, 5th Baronet FRSE (1736–1798) was a Royal Navy officer. Active in the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, he thereby became a founder fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh upon its formation in 1783.

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Born: 1736
Died: February 24, 1798

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Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet

Royal Navy officer; (1736-1798)

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