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Originally Posted by carandol
I did purchase a copy of a biography of Digby which had one edition in 1952, which I'm hanging onto because it's a good read. You have to admire a character who was alchemist, privateer, duelist, founder member of the Royal Society, discoverer of plant respiration, inventor of the modern wine bottle, Protestant, Catholic, close friend of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, and author of a posthumous cook-book.  |
This would be Sir Kenelm Digby ? there's a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere, especially with a name like that, i'm sure of it.