Jonas Moore ( 1617 - 1679 )

Birth: Whitelee or Whittle, Lancashire, England (08 February 1617) Death: Godalming, Surrey (25 August 1679) Burial: Tower Chapel, London Research Field: Mathematics Education: Pupil of William Oughtred Career: Clerk under Dr Burghill, Chancellor of Durham; Mathematical Tutor to the Duke of York (1647); set up as a teacher of mathematics in London but failed to get pupils; under the patronage of Giles Strangeways (FRS 1673), became Surveyor for the draining of the Fens (1649); Surveyor of Tangier (1663); Surveyor-General of the Ordnance; invited John Flamsteed (FRS 1677) to London; Governor of Christ's Hospital; instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital; died suddenly while travelling from Portsmouth to London; buried with a 62-gun salute; collected a splendid library of scientific works in many languages which was sold at auction after his death Honours: Kt 1663 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/12/1674 Proposers: William, Viscount Brouncker Council: VP 1676-; Council 1675-1678.