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Digby, Sir Kenelm

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A son of the preceding; was knighted by James I.; served under Charles I.; as a privateer defeated a squadron of Venetians, and fought against the Algerines; was imprisoned for a time as a Royalist; paid court afterwards to the Protector; was well received at the Restoration; was one of the first members of the Royal Society, and a man of some learning; wrote treatises on the Nature of Bodies and Man's Soul, on the corpuscular theory (1603-1665).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Digby, Sir Kenelm'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/digby-sir-kenelm.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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