Nicolas Mercator ( c 1620 - 1687 )

Birth: Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (c 1620) Death: Versailles, France (January or February 1687) Research Field: Mathematics, astronomy Education: Rostock; Mag Phil (1641); Leyden Career: Lived in the Netherlands (1642-1648); lectured at the University of Copenhagen (1648-1654); lived in Paris (1655-1657); Mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy, son of the 10th Earl of Northumberland, at Petworth, Sussex (1657); taught mathematics in London (1658-1682); designed a marine chronometer for Charles II; designed and constructed the fountains at Versailles (1682-1687) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/11/1666 Proposers: Sir Robert Moray.