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Hist. Sci., xli (2003) ARCHIBALD PITCAIRNE, DAVID GREGORY AND THE SCOTTISH ORIGINS OF ENGLISH TORY NEWTONIANISM, 1688-1715 John Friesen University of Leeds In recent decades historians of science have noted the many Tories/Jacobites in both England and Scotland who were supporters of Newton in the early eighteenth century. Such work has been in response to the strong assertions made by Margaret Jacob in her book, The Newtonians and the English Revolution, of a firm connection between Whiggery, Latitudinarianism and support for Newtonian natural philosophy,' When Anita Guerrini wrote an essay titled "The Tory Newtonians: Gregory, Pitcaime and their circle" in 1986, she challenged Jacob's assertion that most Newtonians were Whigs or Latitudinarians by examining a group of Scottish Newtonians led by David Gregory and Archibald Pitcaime and by including men like James and John Keill, George Cheyne, William Cockburn, John Arbuthnot and George Hepburn.' These men were from Scottish Episcopalian backgrounds, inclined toward Jacobitism, and had close connections to English Tories and High-Churchmen such as the Oxford physi cian John Freind. More recently there have been attempts by Guerrini and others to explain how the political and religious views of the above group were related to their support for
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Published: Jun 1, 2003