Lady Ranelagh by Michelle DiMeo


Authors
Michelle DiMeo
ISBN
9780226731605
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
296

For centuries, historians have speculated about the life of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh. Dominant depictions show her either as a maternal figure to her younger brother Robert Boyle, one of the most significant scientists of his day, or as a patroness of the European correspondence network now known as the Hartlib circlendash;but neither portrait captures the depth of her intellect nor the range of her knowledge and influence.
 
Philosophers, mathematicians, politicians, and religious authorities sought her opinion on everything from decimalizing the currency to producing Hebrew grammars. She practiced medicine alongside distinguished male physicians, treating some of the most elite patients in London. Her medical recipes, political commentaries, and testimony concerning the philosophersesquo; stone gained international circulation. She was an important influence on Boyle and a self-standing historical figure in her own right.
 
Drawing from a wealth of new archival sources, Michelle DiMeo fills out Lady Ranelaghfsquo;s legacy in the context of a historically sensitive and nuanced interpretation of gender, science, and religion. The book reveals how one elite seventeenth-century woman managed to gain the respect of diverse contemporaries, effect social change, and shape contemporary science.
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