Gresham College Lectures
Gresham's Bequest to Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
Mar 11, 2019
Gresham College
The valuable bequest of Sir Thomas Gresham to the development of scientific interest in seventeenth-century England can be traced through the testimony of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn - not only great diarists but also 'particular friends'.
A lecture by Margaret Willes, Independent Writer and Scholar 11 March 2019
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https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/gresham-pepys-and-evelyn
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