James Carkesse ( fl 1636 - 1683 )

Birth: Hackney, Middlesex, England, Europe (c 1636) Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1657; MA 1659) Career: Became a Roman Catholic; Instructor in grammar, Magdalen College School (1656-1664); Master of Magdalen College School (1663-1664); clerk in the Ticket Office; headmaster of Chelmsford School (1683) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/03/1664 Proposer: John Wilkins Date of ejection/withdrawal: 18 November 1675 Committee appointments include: Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto Observed (1664) Other RSActivity: Proposed on 9 March 1663 and admitted on the same day he was elected.