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George Lewis Scott

(Scott, George Lewis, 1708-1780)

Painted by Miss Anna Zinkeisen, this incorporates the features of five members whose portraits can now be traced as: Dr Stephen Hales (at far end of table), Henry Baker and Viscount Folkestone (both standing), Lord Romney and William Shipley (centre of table, far side). The others present at the meeting were John Goodchild, Gustavus Brander, James Short, Nicholas Crisp, Charles Lawrence and Husband Messiter.

George Lewis Scott (1708–1780) was a mathematician and literary figure who was tutor to the future George III from 1751 to 1755. A friend of the historian Edward Gibbon, the poet James Thomson and other members of the Georgian era literary world, he was described as 'perhaps the most accomplished of all amateur mathematicians who never gave their works to the world'. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by George Lewis Scott:

Scott, George Lewis, 1708-1780, ed.: A Supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al, 1753), contrib. by Ephraim Chambers
- Volume 1 (A-L): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 2 (M-Z, and Appendix): multiple formats at archive.org

Additional books by George Lewis Scott in the extended shelves:

Scott, George Lewis, 1708-1780: Lord Monboddo and some of his contemporaries (London : John Murray, 1900., 1900), also by William Angus Knight, George. Baker, Welbore Ellis. Mendip, Allan Ramsay, Richard Price, Dugald Stewart, James Harris, Samuel. Horsley, and James Burnett Monboddo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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