Martin Folkes (1690-1754)
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Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. 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 phil...
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Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. 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 phil...
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