A collection of essays about the life and work of Nevil Maskelyne, who served as British Astronomer Royal during the latter half of the 17th Century. The essays cover subjects including Maskelyne's development of a method to measure longitude, and associated role in helping adjudicate the Longitude Prize, his calculation of the mass of the Earth, his management of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, and his domestic life. Includes illustrations in both colour and black and white throughout.