| Authorised form of name | Moxon; Joseph (1627 - 1691); printer, hydrographer, and mathematician |
| Dates | 1627 - 1691 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 8 August 1627 |
| Date of death | 28 February 1691 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Wakefield parish church, Yorkshire, England, Europe (16 August 1627) |
| Occupation | Scientific instrument Maker; printer |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Career:
Travelled to Holland, where he learned Dutch and worked as a printer in Delft and Rotterdam; Hydrographer to Charles II; planned a canal from the River Thames to the River Severn |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1678 |
| Age at election | 51 |
| Proposer | George Ent |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 1 November 1682 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Presented a globe and some publications to the Society (late 1670s);
Keen to be appointed the Society's printer (1680) although ultimately Richard Chiswell was chosen to replace John Martyn;
Expelled due to non-payment of arrears |
| Relationships | Parents: James Moxon
Married: 1) Susan Marson; 2) Hannah Cooke
Children: Susan Moxon; James Moxon |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: 56286
RCN: 56290
RCN: 56288
RCN: 56287
RCN: R71072 |
| OtherInfo | Moxon established a good reputation for himself as a globe- and map-maker as well as for his mathematical printing. He printed his own book of astronomical tables and those of other contemporaries, such as Oughtred's 'Trignometria' (1657). His petition to the King to be appointed Hydrographer was signed by many subscribers and connections, including Jonas Moore (FRS 1674), Elias Ashmole (FRS 1663), and John Collins (FRS 1667). Moxon also occasionally discussed his work and publications with Robert Hooke (FRS 1663) and was connected with the Society long before his election in 1678. According to some sources, Moxon was also the first tradesman elected into the Society in its first forty years of existence; the merchants that had been elected previously were knights or held public offices. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; ODNB
References:
Hunter, M. 1976-7. 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685', vol. 31, pp. 9-114
Jagger, G. 1995. 'Joseph Moxon, FRS, and the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 49, pp. 193-208
Lewis, R. 2002. 'The publication of John Wilkins's Essay (1668): some contextual considerations', in Notes and Records, vol. 56, pp. 133-146
Notes:
DNB gives year of death as 1700, as does Hunter. In index to BR is ref to Davis and Carter (eds), Mechanick exercises ... 682.2. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/73999643 |
| Code | NA6354 |