Richard Waller, S.R.S
‘In the pursuit of nature`
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret J M Ezell (Texas A&M University, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Reginald Victor Jones (Texas A&M University), William Drummond MacDonald Paton (Texas A&M University) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-233 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1984.0013 |
| OpenAlex | W1982365882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
There is no puzzle more tantalizing than the fragments of a forgotten A life. Richard Waller (1660?—1715), linguist, artist, and amateur scientist, offers multiple challenges. A member of the Royal Society from 1681 and its Secretary from 1687-1709, 1710-1714, under the presidencies of Samuel Pepys and Sir Isaac Newton, Waller was a man of considerable standing during an important era in the history of science. His associates included Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley, James Pettiver, and Sir Hans Sloane. He conducted correspondence with some of the leading scientific figures and personalities abroad, such as van Leeuwenhoek, Malpighi, and Cotton Mather. History, however, has turned Waller into a footnote in the biographies of his more illustrious, or notorious, contemporaries
Amateur · Art · Art history · Political science · Classics · Historical Philosophy and Science · History of Science and Medicine · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |