Adding some #histSTM #histsci tags for Williams’ connections to Royal Society, Newton, & Halley’s comet!
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Marcus Rediker
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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