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Book SynopsisMartin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries.
Trade ReviewRoos's book—generously illustrated with over seventy images of portraits, medals, engravings, archival documents and other objects—brings Folkes vividly to life. * LIAM SIMS, Cambridge, UK *
[Anna Marie Roos's] depth and breadth of knowledge are awe inspiring . . . This is an all-round, first-class piece of scholarship that not only introduces the reader to the little known but important figure of Martin Folkes, but because of the extensive contextual embedding provides a solid introduction to the social and cultural context in which science was practiced not only in England but throughout Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century. Highly recommended and not just for historians of science * Thony Christie, The Renaissance Mathematicus Blog *
Roos is to be commended for writing the initial monograph on an unjustly neglected figure, providing thoughtful accounts of Folkes's contributions to a multitude of disciplines. * William Eisler, The Medal *
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Nascent Newtonian, 1690-1716 3: Lucretia Bradshaw: Recovering a Wife and a Life 4: Folkes and his Social Networks in 1720s London 5: Taking Newton on Tour 6: Martin Folkes, Antiquarian 7: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: biological sciences and vitalism 8: Martin Folkes and the Royal Society Presidency: The Electric Imagination 9: Charting a Personal and Institutional Life
