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John Arbuthnot
(1667 - 1735)

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one of the constellation of wits in the reign of queen Anne, and the most learned man of the whole body, was the son of a Scottish clergyman, who bore a near relationship to the noble family of this name and title. He was born at Arbuthnot in Kincardineshire, soon after the Restoration, and received .. .. more >>

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"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician. Quoted in Richard Garnett, Life of Emerson, ch. 7 (1888).

"One of the new terrors of death."
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician. Quoted in Robert Carruthers, The Poetical Works of Pope, vol. 1, ch. 3 (1853). Arbuthnot referred to Edmund Curll, publisher of brief biographies of eminent people following their deaths.

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John Arbuthnot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Arbuthnot, often known simply as Dr. Arbuthnot, (baptised 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), was a physician, satirist and polymath in London. ...
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John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) ... John Arbuthnot was a Scottish scholar who translated Huygens' tract on probability in 1692 and extended it by adding a few ...
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John Arbuthnot
John Arbuthnot Born: 1667 Birthplace: Inverbervie, Kincardine, Scotland Died: 27-Feb-1735 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified ...
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John Arbuthnot -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on John Arbuthnot: Scottish mathematician, physician, and occasional writer, remembered as the close friend of ...
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