Francis Hauksbee ( c 1660 - 1713 )

Birth: Colchester, Essex (c 1660) Baptism: Colchester, Essex (27 May 1660) Death: London (April 1713) Burial: St Dunstan's-in-the-West, London Profession: Draper Scientific instrument maker Research Field: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1705.