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1) Remarkable find at Littlecote House could end 350 year dispute
Author:
Adam Singleton
Category:
News and Society
The recent discovery of a leather-bound notebook could be the solution to a debate that has been rampant within the Royal Society for 350 years. The argument revolves around English politician Alexander Popham - who was born deaf and mute around 1650 and was taught to speak by a distinguished scientist. But who?
Controversy has since centred around which of the two scientists Popham's mother hired - William Holder and John Wallace - was the actual man who succeeded in teaching the boy to sp...
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