William Gilbert

✶June 3, 1544

†November 30, 1603

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William Gilbert, also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600).

English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)

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