sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 64 - Fatio, Nicolas (1664-1753)

1 volume

GB 0117 MS 64 [17th century and early 18th century] Sub-fonds 1 volume Fatio , Nicolas , 1664-1753 , mathematician and natural philosopher x Duillier , Nicolas , Fatio de

Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was born, 1664; educated in Geneva; Enrolled a citizen of Geneva (1678); originally intended to enter the Protestant ministry but later left to his own devices; corresponded with Gian Domenico Cassini (FRS 1672); went to Paris (1682); was informed of a plot to kidnap the Prince of Orange, which he revealed to Gilbert Burnet (FRS 1664) and they both went to Holland to tell the Prince; offered a chair of mathematics by the Prince of Orange in The Hague, but instead went to England; Tutor to the eldest son of Sir William Ellis, with whom he went to Utrecht (1690); returned to London (1691) where he taught mathematics; in Switzerland (1699-1701); involved himself in the dispute over the calculus between Isaac Newton (FRS 1672) and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (FRS 1673); associated himself with the Camisards and was prosecuted for spreading 'wicked and counterfeit prophecies' (1707); went on an expedition to convert the world, travelling through Germany and into Asia before returning to England; retired to Worcester; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1688; died, 1753.

A commentary on Newton's 'Principia' by Nicholas Fatio, with an introductory note in English by Dr Johnstone about Fatio, his life, religious beliefs, death and dispersal of his books.

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Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Fatio , Nicolas , 1664-1753 , mathematician and natural philosopher x Duillier , Nicolas , Fatio de French history Mathematics Newton , Sir , Isaac , 1642-1727 , Knight , physicist and mathematician European history National history

A commentary on Newton's 'Principia' by Nicholas Fatio, with an introductory note in English by Dr Johnstone about Fatio, his life, religious beliefs, death and dispersal of his books.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

• anglais

• latin

Latin and French

Photographic copy (prints and negatives) next to original.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• anglais