M.D., was born at Montfort, near Utrecht in Holland, in the year 1718. He was the son of a clergyman, and was originally intended for the church; but having turned his attention to physic, he took his degree of Doctor at Leyden, and in 1749 came to settle in England, where he secured the patronage of Lord Chesterfield. Maty began in 1749 to issue in French an account of the productions of the English press, printed at the Hague, under the name of the Journal Britannique,—a publication which continues to hold its rank amongst the best of the kind which have appeared since the time of Bayle. In 1758 he was chosen fellow of the Royal Society; and in 1765 he was appointed secretary to that eminent institution. He was also chosen principal librarian of the British Museum on the death of Dr Knight in 1772. He died after a lingering illness, August 2, 1776. He was an early and an active advocate for inoculation; and when there was a doubt entertained that one might have the small-pox even after inoculation, he tried it upon himself unknown to his family. Dr Maty's principal works were:—Mémoire sur la Vie et sur les Ecrits de M. Ab de Moivre, 12mo, Hague; Authentic Memoirs of the Life of Richard Mead, M.D., Svo, London, 1755. His unfinished Memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield were completed by his son-in-law, Mr Justamond, and prefixed to that nobleman's Miscellaneous Works, in 2 vols. 4to, 1777.