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and writer on astronomy.
Life
The son of Christopher Maire of Hartbushes,
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and his wife Frances Ingleby of
Lawkland
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,
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, he was born on 6 March 1697, and studied humanities at St Omer College. He entered the Society of Jesus 7 September 1715, at Watten, and was professed of the four vows 2 February 1733. After a course of teaching at St Omer, and professing philosophy and theology at
Liège
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, he was declared rector of the
English College at Rome
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in the autumn of 1744, and he held that post until 1750. He returned to St Omer in March 1757; and died at
Ghent
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on 22 February 1767.
Works
Maire's works are:
* ''Tractatus Theologicus de Sanctissima Trinitate'', 1737, manuscript left in the library of the University of Liège.
* ''Observationes Cometæ ineunte anno mdccxliv in Collegio Anglicano Romæ habitæ, et cum theoria Newtoniana comparatæ'', Rome, 1744. A translation into Italian also appeared.
* ''Observationes Astronomicæ Leodii, Audomarapoli, et Romæ habitæ ab anno 1727 ad 1743'': in Carlo Antonio Giuliani's ''Memorie sopra la Fisica e Istoria Naturale di diversi Valentuomini'', Lucca, 1744.
* ''Continuatio Observationum Astronomicarum P. C. Maire … quas Romæ habuit annis 1743 et 1744'': in Giuliani's ''Memorie''.
* ''Table of Longitudes and Latitudes for the principal Towns of the World'': in ''Scientia Eclipsium'', Rome, 1747.
* ''Defectus Solis observatus die 25 Julii in Collegio Anglicano'': in '' Mémoires de Trévoux'', September 1748.
* ''Observatio partialis Eclipsis Lunæ die 25 Decembris 1749 in Collegio Anglicano'': in
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
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's ''Storia Letteraria d'Italia'', xi. 375–7, and in the ''Giornale di Roma'', 1749.
* ''Observations made at Rome of the Eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 23, 1749, and of that of the Sun, Jan. 8, 1750'': in ''
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'' x. 4 (1750).
* ''Osservazioni dell' ultimo passagio di Mercurio fatte in Roma'', 1753: in the ''Giornali de' Letterati''.
* ''De litteraria Expeditione per Pontificiam Ditionem ad dimetiendos duos Meridiani Gradus et corrigendam Mappam geographicam, jussu et auspiciis Benedicti XIV Pont. Max. suscepta a Patribus Societatis Jesu Christophoro Maire et Rogerio Josepho Boscovich'', Rome, 1755. A French translation, with notes by Hugon, appeared at Paris in 1770. Also ''Nuova Carta Geographica dello Stato Ecclesiastico''.
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had entrusted to Maire and
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.
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Stanislaus Wydra
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's ''Vita Josephi Stepling'', Prague, 1779.
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called Maire "an able mathematician", based on measurements he made of
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