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Whewell, William

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Whewell, William (1794–1866), professor of moral philosophy at Cambridge (1838–55) and master of Trinity College from 1841 till his death. His principal works were The History (1837) and The Philosophy (1840) of the Inductive Sciences and Astronomy and Physics in reference to Natural Philosophy (1833). He published and edited many other works in natural and mathematical science, philosophy, and theology.

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