Martin Folkes (1690-1754) : Newtonian, antiquary, connoisseur / Anna Marie Roos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roos, Anna Marie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Sir Isaac Newton's protégé, astronomer, mathematician, freemason, art connoisseur, Voltaire's friend and Hogarth's patron, his was an intellectually vibrant world. Folkes was possibly the best-connected natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment sociability, and yet he was a surprisingly neglected figure, the long shadow of Newton eclipsing his brilliant disciple. A complex figure, Folkes edited Newton's posthumous works in biblical chronology, yet was a religious skeptic and one of the first members of the gentry to marry an actress. His interests were multidisciplinary, from his authorship of the first complete history of the English coinage, to works concerning ancient architecture, statistical probability, and astronomy.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256565-6

0-19-256564-8

0-19-186852-3

OCLC:

1247122705