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William Stukeley on Newton

Nature volume 138, pages 617–618 (1936)Cite this article

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WE have reached a position when biography is taken seriously. Imagination is wanted; but in the case of great men, it is not enough to be imaginative; one requires to scrutinize the sources themselves in readable form.

Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life by William Stukeley, M.D., F.R.S., 1752:

being some Account of his Family and chiefly of the Junior Part of his Life. Edited by A. Hastings White. Pp. xvi + 86 + 3 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1936.) 5s. net.

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