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 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.

Contents:

Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur A Short Chronology of the Life of Martin Folkes List of Illustrations Chapter 1: Martin Folkes: 'That Judicious Gent' Chapter 2: Nascent Newtonian, 1690-1716 Chapter 3: Lucretia Bradshaw: Recovering a Wife and a Life Chapter 4: Folkes and His Social Networksin 1720s London Chapter 5: Taking Newton on Tour Chapter 6: Martin Folkes, Antiquary Chapter 7: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: Patronage, Biological Sciences, and Vitalism Chapter 8: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: The Electric Imagination Chapter 9: 'Charting' a Personal and Institutional Life Afterword: Folkes and Voltaire

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