Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet FRS was an English baronet.
John Hoskins PRS
Hoskyn's signature, signing off the 1667 accounts of the Royal Society, from the Council Minutes
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Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet
…Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet FRS (23 July 1634 – 12 September 1705) was an English baronet. He was one of the founders of the Royal Society and served as its president from 1682 to 1683. Between 1685 and 1687 he also represented Herefordshire in the House of Commons. He was the eldest son…
Entrance to the Royal Society at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London
John Evelyn, who helped to found the Royal Society
Mace granted by Charles II
Sir Isaac Newton FRS, President of Royal Society, 1703–1727. Newton was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal Society, elected in 1672.