. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. make a real Englisli ^eutleman; three fjeuerations had sufficed to make JMaseres a true Euglishnian. Francis Masercs was Itorn in London on the loth December, 1731. His father practiced as a ])hysicianin Broad street, Soho. His great-grandfather, a native uf France, professed the faitli in which were born Henri IV, Catlierine de Kohan, Conde and Coligny. Three of his brothers had held commissions in the French army. For the ]\faseres, as well as for scores uf di
. Maple leaves, 1894 [microform] : Canadian history, literature, ornithology. Birds; Authors, Canadian; Oiseaux; Ecrivains canadiens. make a real Englisli ^eutleman; three fjeuerations had sufficed to make JMaseres a true Euglishnian. Francis Masercs was Itorn in London on the loth December, 1731. His father practiced as a ])hysicianin Broad street, Soho. His great-grandfather, a native uf France, professed the faitli in which were born Henri IV, Catlierine de Kohan, Conde and Coligny. Three of his brothers had held commissions in the French army. For the ]\faseres, as well as for scores uf distinguished French families, tlie revocatictn of tiie Edict of Xantes, in ]G8o, was the signal of de])artiire ; it meant poverty, sorrow, exile. Prefei'ring the latter to the sacrifice of his religious views, Mr. Maseres, the ancestor of the Baron, sailed for England. King William III, cognisant of his merit gave him military employnuuit in Ireland, and later, in Portugal. From thence he returned witii the grade of colonel. His son, a physician, having left Broad street, jiur- chased a house in liathbone Place, whicli ultinuit(dy Avent to his grandson; a brotlier of tiie Baron, occa- sionally spent thert' many happy days. Francis Maseres graduated at the Univei'sity of Cambridge, 1752-55. The young M. A. very soon dis- played rare aptitude for science and literature. He gave himself up, heart and soul, to these jjursuits, without striving very hard to ac(|uire riches, though that fickle (jioddess, ycle])t Fortune, more than once smiled upon him. Whilst at Candjridge, he ])ublished the following essay: "J Dissertation on (he Negative. Sitjn in Ahjebra, coidalnhiij a Demonstrafioii of the Rule concerning ; His aim was to facilitate for beginners the study of that science. Maseres abandoned the university to study law. On being admitted to the English Bar, he followed the circuits, without gaining much distinction. Later on, however, his knowledge of English jurisprud
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