Hauksbee, Francis
(bap. 1660, d. 1713)
- Stephen Pumfrey
Extract
Hauksbee, Francis (bap. 1660, d. 1713), natural philosopher and scientific instrument maker, was baptized on 27 May 1660 in the parish of St Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester, the fifth of five sons born to Richard Hauksbee (b. 1621), a draper and common councillor of ...