For today: Anthony Browne, First Viscount Montagu, born Nov 29, 1528. He’s important to us as an example of the man who is a member of the loyal opposition. Anthony Browne was the eldest son of a knight of considerable wealth whose estates included Battle Abbey and Hatchlands Park in Surrey and Sussex, and who… Continue reading November 29: Anthony Browne
Category: Character formation
November 28: The Royal Society
In the 1640s, a group of natural philosophers led by Robert Boyle exchanged correspondence and met informally to discuss scientific ideas. Influenced by Francis Bacon’s empirical emphasis in the “new science”, he described in his essays and his New Atlantis, they exchanged data from their various experiments and observations, and sought rational explanations. Boyle called… Continue reading November 28: The Royal Society
November 27: Clovis I
This is rather long, but bear with me. For the past month, I’ve been exploring topics inspired by the lists of events, births, or saints for the day in Wikipedia and the Britannica, trying to see whether one or another of these might help illuminate the goals, methods, or outcome of a classical Christian education.… Continue reading November 27: Clovis I