LOFT, MATTHEW |
England, 1697-1748, OIM |
Microscopes = KEN, OXF, NOR, LEY, WHI, LOS, Uppsala U., etc.; Telescopes = U. of Nottingham, D.(1975), etc. |
apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 15, 1711; free of the Company on Jan. 12, 1720; Master of the Company 1744-45; took apprentices; T.C. |
at the Golden Spectacles in Threadneedle Street, fronting on the North Gate of the Royal Exchange (backside of the Exchange); Reflecting Telescope and Hadley's Quadrant in Cornhill; both in London. |
Taylor 1(562) and 2(86); Court and von Rohr 3(90); Maddison 1; Chaldecott 1; Fürst; Wynter 2; Daumas 1; van der Star 1; RSW; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Robischon. |
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