Person Hauksbee; Francis (c 1660 - 1713) Hauksbee Francis c 1660 - 1713 British Male Colchester, Essex c 1660 London Baptism: Colchester, Essex (27 May 1660) Burial: St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London

Giltspur Street, London (1704); Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London (1709); Hind Court, Fleet Street, London (1712-death)

Draper; Scientific instrument maker Experimental physics Scientific instrumentation Education: Apprenticed as a draper to his elder brother (1678) Career: Possibly assistant to Denis Papin (FRS 1680); Curator of experiments to the Royal Society (1703-1713); gave demonstrations at his house and hired James Hodgson (FRS 1703) to lecture for him Memberships: Drapers' Company (1712) Son of Richard Hauksbee, Draper, of Colchester; married Mary; his nephew, Francis Hauksbee the younger, was clerk and housekeeper to the Royal Society (1723-1763) Fellow 30/11/1705 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Clifton References: Jessie M Sweet, 'Sir Hans Sloane's Metalline Cubes' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 99-100 Henry Guerlac, 'Newton's Optical Aether: his Draft of a Proposed Addition to his Opticks' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 45-57 Stephen F Mason, 'The Spring-Tide of Experimental Philosophy', review of Marie Boas Hall, Promoting Experimental Learning: Experiment and the Royal Society, 1660-1727 in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 313-316 P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 Notes: Clifton says baptised 1660 at St Mary's Colchester. DSB gives burial date as 29 April 1713. See also MS 82 (letters of Brooke Taylor) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 c 1666 - before 29 Apr 1713 NA8345 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/51774140 01da8441-21dc-464d-9bf0-ae1636fc5da8