{"id":731,"count":1,"description":"<strong>John Marshall (1659-1722)<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJohn Marshall is acknowledged as one of the best lens makers of his time. In 1693, he was commended by the Royal Society for inventing a way of all simultaneously making batches of good quality lenses of a given focal length.\r\n\r\nHe was the son of Thomas Marshall, cordwainer of Covent Garden, London, and his wife Jane. In 1673 he was apprenticed to John Dunnell of the Turners Guild. In 1685, he took his first apprentice, Edward Lane.\r\n\r\nThereafter, he operated from a series of premises, all in the same area:\r\nTwo Golden Prospects, Ludgate\r\nArchimedes and the Two Golden Prospects. Ludgate\r\n\r\nThereafter:\r\n1688 Three Keys. Ivy Lane\r\n1688 At the Sign of the Gun, Ludgate\r\n1690-1694 Archimedes &amp; Spectacles, Ludgate\r\n1695 Ludgate St\r\n1701 Archimedes &amp; Two Golden Spectacles, Ludgate St\r\n1714 Old Archimedes &amp; Two Golden Spectacles, Ludgate St\r\n\r\nHis 1702 advertisement includes \u201c<em>all sorts of glass instruments as perspective glasses, telescopes, microscopes single and double, horoscopes, sky optics, reading glasses<\/em>\u201d and much more. Interestingly, among the microscopes he advertises are \u201c<em>microscopes according Mr Lewenhoek<\/em>\u201c, suggesting that copies of Van Leeuwenhoek\u2019s microscopes were available in London before Folkes described them in 1723. His advertisement finishes \u201c<em>He also hath invented a new method of grinding spectacles true, (others being generally false) which having showed both spectacles and the method of grinding to the Royal Society are approved by them)\u201d<\/em>.\r\n\r\nHe was both Optician and Maker of Glasses to his Majesty the King (this would have been George I).\r\n\r\nMarshall may have had a short-term partnership with Ralph Sterrop, but they were generally rivals.\r\n\r\nJohn Marshall seems to have married twice, but only the name (Esther) of the second wife is known from his testament (probate given on 4 February 1722 at St Gregory, London). He left some of his tools to Esther\u2019s son and son-in-law, but the bulk of his estate went to her, his 2 daughters (Elizabeth and Catherine) and his former apprentice and current partner, Catherine\u2019s husband John Smith who inherited the bulk of his tools and the business.","link":"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/","name":"MARSHALL","slug":"marshall-2","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MARSHALL Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MARSHALL Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Marshall (1659-1722) John Marshall is acknowledged as one of the best lens makers of his time. In 1693, he was commended by the Royal Society for inventing a way of all simultaneously making batches of good quality lenses of a given focal length. He was the son of Thomas Marshall, cordwainer of Covent Garden, London, and his wife Jane. In 1673 he was apprenticed to John Dunnell of the Turners Guild. In 1685, he took his first apprentice, Edward Lane. Thereafter, he operated from a series of premises, all in the same area: Two Golden Prospects, Ludgate Archimedes and the Two Golden Prospects. Ludgate Thereafter: 1688 Three Keys. Ivy Lane 1688 At the Sign of the Gun, Ludgate 1690-1694 Archimedes &amp; Spectacles, Ludgate 1695 Ludgate St 1701 Archimedes &amp; Two Golden Spectacles, Ludgate St 1714 Old Archimedes &amp; Two Golden Spectacles, Ludgate St His 1702 advertisement includes \u201call sorts of glass instruments as perspective glasses, telescopes, microscopes single and double, horoscopes, sky optics, reading glasses\u201d and much more. Interestingly, among the microscopes he advertises are \u201cmicroscopes according Mr Lewenhoek\u201c, suggesting that copies of Van Leeuwenhoek\u2019s microscopes were available in London before Folkes described them in 1723. His advertisement finishes \u201cHe also hath invented a new method of grinding spectacles true, (others being generally false) which having showed both spectacles and the method of grinding to the Royal Society are approved by them)\u201d. He was both Optician and Maker of Glasses to his Majesty the King (this would have been George I). Marshall may have had a short-term partnership with Ralph Sterrop, but they were generally rivals. John Marshall seems to have married twice, but only the name (Esther) of the second wife is known from his testament (probate given on 4 February 1722 at St Gregory, London). He left some of his tools to Esther\u2019s son and son-in-law, but the bulk of his estate went to her, his 2 daughters (Elizabeth and Catherine) and his former apprentice and current partner, Catherine\u2019s husband John Smith who inherited the bulk of his tools and the business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/\",\"name\":\"MARSHALL Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MARSHALL\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/\",\"name\":\"Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MARSHALL Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/marshall-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MARSHALL Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie","og_description":"John Marshall (1659-1722) John Marshall is acknowledged as one of the best lens makers of his time. 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