Gilbert Clerke (1626–c.1697) was an English mathematician, natural philosopher and Socinian theological writer. Born at Uppingham, Rutland, in 1626, he...
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Francis Clerke (c. 1665–1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1691. Clerke was the son of Sir Francis Clerke of Ulcombe...
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December 9 – Scipion Abeille, French surgeon and poet Probable year – Gilbert Clerke, English mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian (born 1626)...
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elected M.P. for Northamptonshire in the parliament which met in 1661. Gilbert Clerke dedicated to him a 1662 work of natural philosophy. With Henry Power...
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Huyghens. Tractatus de Corporum Inseparabilitate, London, 1661. A reply by Gilbert Clerke was published under the title of Tractatus de Restitutione Corporum...
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Caviedes, Spanish Peruvian poet (born 1645) Probable year of death – Gilbert Clerke, English mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian (born 1626)...
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Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. "Clerke, Gilbert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900...
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Captain Charles Clerke (22 August 1741 – 22 August 1779) was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on four voyages of exploration (including three circumnavigations)...
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of...
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as Bartholomew Legatt (1575?-1612), Edward Wightman (1566-1612) and Gilbert Clerke (1626–c.1697) as well as Isaac Newton (1643–1727), and Voltaire (1694–1778)...
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