| Authorised form of name | Hoskyns; Sir; John (1634 - 1705); lawyer and natural philosopher |
| Other forms of surname | Hoskins |
| Dates | 1634 - 1705 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Herefordshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 23 July 1634 |
| Date of death | 12 September 1705 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Harewood, Herefordshire, England, Europe |
| Research field | Horticulture |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1650); Middle Temple (admitted 1647)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1653); Commissioner for Assessment for Herefordshire (1665-1680, 1689-1690); Master in Chancery (1671-1703); Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire (1683-1689, 1691-death); MP for Herefordshire (1685-1687)
Honours:
Kt 1676
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | William Ball |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
PRS 1682-1683; Secretary 1685-1687; VP 1681-1682, 1686- , 1690- , 1695-
Committee and panels:
Committee for Correspondence (1664) ; Committee for Reviewing the Laws (1663) ; Committee for Agriculture (1664) ; Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) ; Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) ; Committee regarding the tenancy in Chelsea College (1681) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Involvement in adjusting and re-establishing the Society's statutes relating to printers in 1681; Offered his legal expertise to the Society's activities |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Bennet Hoskyns, Baronet of Harewood and Moreton Park, and Anne Bingley; succeeded his father as 2nd Bart (1680)
Grandparents: Sergeant John Hoskyns
Married: Jane Lowe
Children: five overall, including Bennet Hoskyns |
| General context | Hoskyns was quite involved socially with a variety of his peers and engaged in frequent correspondence and conversations with contemporaries such as Robert Hooke or John Aubrey. His appointment as Commissioner of Assessments derived from the 1659 Act of Assessment, which aimed at the assessment, collection, and payment of set amounts of money from counties and cities within England, Scotland, and Ireland, in order to pay for costs incurred during the Commonwealth. During his position as an MP for Herefordshire, he was active in James II's Parliament and was involved in 23 committees, including one regarding the general naturalisation of Huguenot refugees. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Henning
Authority:
OtherFormsOfName from Hunter
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
Notes:
The election date is Hoskyns' re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 4 December 1661. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/88495229 |
| Royal Society code | NA6114 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| DM/5/68 | 'Transactions of the Committee for Correspondence' | 19 August 1664, 23 September 1664 |
| IM/002258 | Hoskins, Sir John | nd |
| MM/16/40 | Letter from William Balle, Exeter, to Robert Hooke | 28 Mar 1682 |
| DM/5/79D | 'Recommended to Mr Hoskyns' | c.1660s |
| DM/5/69 | Opinion of John Hoskyns, William Erskine and Peter Balle concerning 'the manuscript bookes in the Library bestowed by the Honble Henry Lord Howard of Norfolke on the Royall Society' | 1 March 1668 |
| DM/5/61 | Opinion of the Committee for reviewing the Laws | 19 December 1663 |
| IM/002259 | Hoskins, Sir John | nd |
| MS/390/14 | Bond of John Hoskins to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 23 November 1674 |
| EL/H1/90 | Letter, from John Hoskins to Henry Oldenburg | nd |
| DM/5/64 | Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture (endorsed as 'Transactions of the Georgicall Committee') | October 1664-February 1665 |
| EL/A/36 | Letter, from St George Ashe to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Trinity College Dublin | 27 April 1686 |
| IM/002257 | Hoskins, Sir John | nd |
| EL/H3/70 | Letter, from Robert Hooke to John Hoskins | 31 March 1683 |
| EL/B1/109a | Letter, from William Balle to John Hoskins, dated at Exeter, Devon | 3 July 1682 |
| EL/F2/2 | Letter, from Samuel Foley to the Secretary, dated at Stourbridge in Worcestershire | 5 July 1687 |
| EL/B2/38 | Letter, from Peter Bayle to J[ohn] Roskyns, dated at Rotterdam | 8 June 1686 |
| RBO/2i/16 | Observations of Iceland by Mr Hoskins | 24 December 1662 |
| CLP/18i/20 | Paper, regarding the digester used for cooking rice by Denis Papin | 19 May 1686 |
| RBO/2i/15 | 'Enquiries for such as goe to Groenland [Greenland]' by Mr Hoskins | 17 December 1662 |