The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John Caswell (1654 or 1655 - 28 Apr 1712)

Mathematician, appointed Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford in 1708. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Caswell Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Oxford University, Oxford
 References in Documents:
An Exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School (Oxford MS Rawlinson C. 865) 377 The head of Archimedes cutt in Ivory from an Intaglio at Rome. Given by Mr Caswell [late Superiour Beadle of Divinity] now Savilian Astronomy Professour.