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Which scientific organization did Samuel Pepys lead as president?
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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, oil painting by John Hayls, 1666; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Samuel Pepys served as the president of the Royal Society, the oldest national scientific society in the world. During his tenure, he notably placed his imprimatur on the title page of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which is considered one of England's greatest scientific works.12