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- Kemsley , Douglas . 1968 . Religious Influences in the Rise of Modern Science: A Review and Criticism . Ann. Sci. , 24 : 199 – 226 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 19 – 20 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 29 – 29 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 30 – 30 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 31 – 31 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 33 – 33 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 34 – 34 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 35ff – 35ff .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 20 – 20 .
- Shapiro . Latitudinarianism … 23 – 23 .
- It is argued that the Interregnum interrupted normal careers, particularly clerical ones, and this freed men who otherwise would have pursued different interests to devote themselves to uncontentious science. Latitudinarianism … 27 27
- It is argued that the Interregnum interrupted normal careers, particularly clerical ones, and this freed men who otherwise would have pursued different interests to devote themselves to uncontentious science. Latitudinarianism… 31 31
- It is argued that the Interregnum interrupted normal careers, particularly clerical ones, and this freed men who otherwise would have pursued different interests to devote themselves to uncontentious science. Latitudinarianism… 29 29
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- Biographical information from: Dictionary of National Biography; Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses Oxford 1817 John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922; Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Oxford 1823; Anthony Wood, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Oxford, 1891–95.
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- Sprat , Thomas . 1959 . History of the Royal Society Edited by: Cope , J.I. and Jones , H.W. 133 – 133 . St. Louis
- Sprat , Thomas . 1959 . History of the Royal Society Edited by: Cope , J.I. and Jones , H.W. 371 – 371 . St. Louis
- Kemsley . Religious Influences … 226 – 226 .
- McConica , J.K. 1965 . English Humanists and Reformation Politics under Henry VIII and Edward VI Oxford Chap. 6 and passim argues that the entire character of the English Reformation was inspired by Erasmian attitudes which pervaded all official reformation and dogma.
- For an analysis of the religious, social and political background of some F.R.S.s see the present writer's article, Civil War Politics, Religion and the Royal Society to appear in Past and Present, May 1973.
- 85 : 34
- Of 155 early F.R.S.s whose education is known, 63% had a t t e n d e d university or an Inn of Court and 27% had been privately educated.
- 80% of the same group whose social origin is known were members of the nobility or the gentry.
- 18% were clerics, 25% had legal training, 10% had a medical degree, 20% were academics and 14% were high ranking soldiers or sailors. Only 5% were merchants.
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