Christopher Maire

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Christopher Maire (1697–1767) was an English Jesuit and writer who studied astronomy. He was born on 6 March 1697 to Christopher Maire of Hartbushes, Durham, and Frances Ingleby of Lawkland, Yorkshire, and studied the humanities at St Omer College. He joined the Society of Jesus on 7 September 1715 at Watten and took the four vows on 2 February 1733. After teaching at St Omer and studying philosophy and theology at Liège, he became rector of the English College in Rome in autumn 1744, serving until 1750. He returned to St Omer in March 1757 and died in Ghent on 22 February 1767. Among his notable recognition, Alban Butler described him as an able mathematician, based on his measurements of St Paul’s Cathedral.