Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… was the newly formed Royal Society, which received its first royal charter in 1662. With the King’s backing, empirical science was a fashionable pursuit for gentlemen. Pepys joined in February 1665, having been nominated by Thomas Povey, a … 1660–1700: The Morphology of an Early Scientific Institution (Chalfont St Giles.: British Society for the History of Science, 1994) https://www.bshs.org.uk/publications/bshs-monographs/m04 Knighton, C.S ., Pepys and the Navy (Thrupp: … 1660–1700: The Morphology of an Early Scientific Institution (Chalfont St Giles.: British Society for the History of Science, 1994) https://www.bshs.org.uk/publications/bshs-monographs/m04 Knighton, C.S ., Pepys and the Navy (Thrupp: …
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