Francis Hauksbee
1660
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1713
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Great Britain
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Colchester Royal Grammar School
occupation: physicist, mathematician, naturalist
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society
Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1660–1713), also known as Francis Hawksbee, was an 18th-century English scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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