Newton’s Darker History
On fashionable Jermyn Street, close to Piccadilly, is a plaque marking where Sir Isaac Newton lived in London. While living here Sir Isaac Newton was
Category: Stuart 1603 – 1714
Bigger Than Shakespeare?
Lancelot Andrewes is hardly a household name, but he arguably had as much influence on the English language as William Shakespeare. Andrewes would have walked
Who was Robert Hooke’s niece?
Robert Hooke and Grace Hook: A Peculiar Relationship Grace Hook, born to John Hooke and Elizabeth, his wife, was baptized on May 2, 1660, at