Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy

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The Chair of Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge University was founded in 1704 by Thomas Plume (1630–1704, member of Christ's College in Cambridge and Archdeacon of Rochester), who also founded the Plume Library in Maldon, Essex . The chair was one of two major astronomy chairs in Cambridge, the other was the Lowndean Professorship , which was later taken by pure mathematicians.

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  2. a b c d University of Cambridge: Biographies M - S. Retrieved September 3, 2012 .
  3. ^ A b University of Cambridge: Biographies T - Z. Retrieved September 3, 2012 .
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