| Authorised form of name | Maseres; Francis (1731 - 1824) |
| Dates | 1731 - 1824 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 15 December 1731 |
| Place of death | His house, Church Street, Reigate, Surrey |
| Date of death | 19 May 1824 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Reigate, Surrey |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Clare College, Cambridge; BA (1752), MA (1755)
Career:
Barrister, Inner Temple (1750); Fellow of Clare (1756-1759); Common Pleader, City of London (1762-1780); Attorney-General of Quebec (1766-1769); Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer (1773-1824); Judge of the Sheriff's Court of London (1780-1822)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1771 |
| Relationships | Son of Peter Abraham Maseres, physician, of Soho, London |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn
References:
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 |
| Royal Society code | NA7181 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1771/03 | Maseres, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/1/34 | Copy of a Resolution from twelve Fellows of the Royal Society, recommending the reinstatement of Dr Charles Hutton as Foreign Secretary | 29 January 1784 |
| MM/1/35 | Copy of a Resolution from Nine Fellows of the Royal Society, deprecating Presidential influence in the election of Fellows | c.1784 |
| MM/7/94 | 'An extract from a letter of the Rev Mr John Hellins, formerly Assistant to Mr (now Dr) Maskelyne, the Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich Observatory, to Francis Maseres, Esq' | c.1792 |
| IM/003006 | Maseres, Francis | nd |
| L&P/7/58 | Paper, 'A method of finding a near value of a very slowly converging series' by Francis Maseres | 1778 |
| L&P/7/116 | Appendix 'A method of extending Cardan's rule' by Francis Maseres | 1779 |
| L&P/6/223 | Paper, 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series' by Francis Maseres | 1777 |
| L&P/7/143 | Paper, 'Conjectures as to Cardan's rule having been discovered by Scipio Terreus' by Francis Maseres | 1780 |
| L&P/7/57 | Letter, 'A method of extending Cardan's rule to solving the 'irreducible case' from Francis Maseres to Samuel Horsley | 27 May 1778 |