# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-moxon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:50.427Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-moxon"
name: "Joseph Moxon"
slug: "joseph-moxon"
description: "Joseph Moxon, 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."
tagline: "British hydrographer and printer (1627–1691)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Moxon._Line_engraving_by_F._H._van_Hove%2C_1692._Wellcome_V0004151.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1627-08-08"
deathDate: "1691"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.940641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چوزيف موكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moxon"
    title: "Joseph Moxon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3057690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump