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Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The "Wellbeck Academy" was an informal network of scientists named after the Cavendish family estate, Wellbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. The group was centered around Sir Charles Cavendish, the brother of the marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Thomas Hobbes was also a participant in this network, where he exchanged views on subjects such as optics.12