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SUMMARY:The education of Francis Willughby: new philosophy and natural his
 tory in mid-17th-century Cambridge - Richard Serjeantson (Trinity College\
 , Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:Francis Willughby (1635–1672) was the author – albeit afte
 r his death – of some of the most important (and expensive) works of nat
 ural history published in early-modern England: the _Ornithology_ (1676) a
 nd the _History of Fishes_ (1686)\; his work also contributed to the _Hist
 ory of Insects_ (1710) published by his friend\, client\, and editor\, Joh
 n Ray. In this paper I trace the origins of Willughby's interest in natura
 l philosophy and natural history to the unusually protracted period he spe
 nt as a student in 1650s Cambridge. From this case-study of a founding mem
 ber of the Royal Society a more general thesis will also emerge about the 
 reception of the 'new philosophy' in mid-seventeenth century England.\n\n*
  "The world of Francis Willughby: the man who compiled the first ornitholo
 gy":http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-world-of-francis-willughby-the-
 man-who-compiled-the-first-ornithology
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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