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Joseph Moxon

Joseph Moxon
Engraving of Joseph Moxon, 1692, by Frederick Hendrik van Hove.
Born(1627-08-08)8 August 1627
DiedFebruary 1691(1691-02-00) (aged 63)
NationalityEnglish
Frontispiece and title page of Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises, 1694.
Moxon's Map with a view of the world as known in 1681. The seven days of creation are illustrated in the panels at the top of the map.

Joseph Moxon (8 August 1627 – February 1691),[1] hydrographer to Charles II, was an English printer specialising in mathematical books and maps, a maker of globes and mathematical instruments, and mathematical lexicographer. He produced the first English-language dictionary devoted to mathematics, the first detailed instructional manual for printers, and the first English-language how-to books for tradesmen. In November 1678, he became the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

  1. ^ Royal Society archives state his death date as 28 February; the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that he was buried on 15 February

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