May 24, 2022 William Whewell, Queen Victoria, Anne Frobel, H. Howard Pepper, Cultivated by Christin Geall, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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1794 Birth of William Whewell ("Hyoo- uhl"), English polymath, scientist, and Anglican priest. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

William was a unique blend of right and left brain aptitudes. As a university student, he was recognized for his work in both poetry and mathematics.

In Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things, she wrote of William's signature accomplishment - devising the word…