/ en /thomas-flatman-unlikely-first-frs-new-college <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-12/Flatman.png.webp?itok=Scmd1Htm" width="655" height="435" alt="Portrait of a man (tempera) by Thomas Flatman, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford, NCO 292162" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 20</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/524" hreflang="en">Thomas Flatman</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/119" hreflang="en">Poetry</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/525" hreflang="en">Miniaturist</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/526" hreflang="en">Royal Society</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Thomas Flatman (1635–1688), sometime of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, had three occupations, which he practised to very different standards: law, poetry, and painting. &nbsp;In 1668 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He was proposed by the FRS and antiquary John Aubrey, renowned today as one of the creators of modern biography, but in his time better known as an experimental philosopher with a particular interest in mathematics and what we now call archaeology, especially the study of megaliths. Flatman is the earliest °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ FRS. In that role, however, he was totally and utterly inactive. Although elected, he was never formally admitted, and so cannot even be shown to have attended a single meeting; it has to be said that Aubrey’s proposal was a flop.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Portrait of a man (tempera) by Thomas Flatman, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford, NCO 292162</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-12/20NCN6%20%282023%29%20Poole%20on%20Flatman.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=218988" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN6 (2023) Poole on Flatman.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">213.86 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:49:26 +0000 Christopher 2924 at