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Isaacus Milner. S.T.P., S.R. Soc. Decanus Ecclesiae Cathedralis Carleolensis, dim Chemiae & Philosophie naturalis, nunc Matheseos Professor apud Cantalrigienses, Et Collegii Reginalis Proeses.
J. Opie pinx. Facius sculp, 1798.
Stipple laid on album sheet, fine impression, 495 x 373mm. 19½ x 14¾". Trimmed to plate and mounted within album page.
Isaac Milner (1750-1820), Natural philosopher and Dean of Carlisle. He was a mathematician, inventor, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William Wilberforce, and a great supporter of the Abolitionists' campaign against the slave trade. NPG: D38419.
[Ref: 24785] £220.00
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Edwardus Waring, M.D, F.R.S. Olim Matheseos Professor Lucasianus apud Cantabrigienses; et Colegii Sanctæ Mariæ, Magdalenæ Socius.
Drawn by T.s Kerrich. Engraved by Facius.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Stipple. 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Thread margin on left.
Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Waring (c. 1736-98), Lucasian professor of mathematics, one of the highest positions in Cambridge. W 3113.
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