John Maxwell

b. 1947

Nationality: English

Historical Period: The 18th Century

Maxwell was prebendary of Connor and chaplain to Lord Carteret, then lord lieutenant of Ireland. He is best known as the translator and editor of Richard Cumberlan’s Treatise of the Laws of Nature (1727), to which he added several essays and appendices of his own.

• Translator: A Treatise of the Laws of Nature