William Molyneux
✓ Source-basedfallingIrish natural philosopher and writer on politics
ScientistsLived 1656 to 1698 · aged 42
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William Molyneux FRS was an Anglo-Irish writer and philosopher. He is noted as a close friend of fellow philosopher John Locke, and for proposing Molyneux's problem, a thought experiment widely discussed.
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Molyneux's tombstone in St. Audoen's, Dublin. It mentions his works The Case of Ireland and Dioptrica nova, his friendship with John Locke, and his son Samuel.
Plaque to Molyneux, at the site of the first DPS on Crow Street, Dublin
Sciothericum telescopicum, or A new contrivance of adapting a telescope to a horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night, 1686Awards 1
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Lived 1656 to 1698 · aged 42
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