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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
While at the University of Oxford, Thomas Hobbes pursued a traditional arts degree, but outside of his formal studies, he developed a notable interest in maps.1
Later in his life, during his middle age, Hobbes also became deeply interested in geometry and the sciences, particularly optics, after encountering Euclidâs Elements.2