In November 1697 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1712 was appointed to a commission set up by the society, alongside MM. Arbuthnot, Hill, Halley, Jones, Machin, Burnet, Robarts, Bonet, Aston, and Taylor to review the claims of Newton and Leibniz as to who discovered calculus.
En novembro de 1967 foi elixido Fellow of the Royal Society e en 1712 formou parte dunha comisión establecida pola socidade xunto con Arbuthnot, Hill, Halley, Jones, Machin, Burnet, Robarts, Bonet, Aston e Taylor para revisar as reclamación de Newton e Leibniz sobre quen descubriu o cálculo diferencial.