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In the 17th-century, the Jamaican intellectual Francis Williams was rejected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on racist grounds. This brilliantly written piece in the @londonreview.bsky.social tells the story.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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November 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM
In the 17th-century, the Jamaican intellectual Francis Williams was rejected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on racist grounds. This brilliantly written piece in the @londonreview.bsky.social tells the story.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...