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Born July 15, 1631 • Cambridge • England
Died October 9, 1718 (aged 87) • London • England
Notable Works “A Philosophical Enquiry into the Laws of Nature”

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Richard Cumberland, engraving by J. Smith after a portrait by T. Murray, 1706
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