Francis Younger

Background

He was son of John Hauksbee, who belonged to the Drapers" Company, and his wife Mary. And a nephew of Francis Hauksbee the elder.

Career

He was elected clerk and housekeeper to the Royal Society on 9 May 1723. Augustus De Morgan believed that Hauksbee was the first to give lectures with experiments in London, and began them about 1714. He collaborated with William Whiston on lecture series.

Hauksbee died on 11 January 1763, aged 75.

According to an advertisement, Hauksbee made and sold air-pumps, hydrostatic balances, and reflecting telescopes in Crane Court, Fleet Street, London.

Connections

Acquaintance:

John Hadley