| Authorised form of name | More; Henry (1614 - 1687); philosopher, poet, and theologian |
| Other forms of name | Alazonomastix |
| Other forms of surname | Philalethes |
| Dates | 1614 - 1687 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 12 October 1614 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 1 September 1687 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Christ's College chapel, Cambridge, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Philosophy |
| Theology |
| Activity | Education:
Grantham grammar school (-1628); Eton College (1628-1631); Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1636; MA 1639; DD 1661)
Career:
Fellow of Christ's (1641-1687); published 'Psychodia Platonica' (1642), also within 'A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings' (1662); published 'An Antidote Against Atheisme' (1653) and 'Conjectura cabbalistica' (1655), followed by 'Enthusiasmus triumphatus' (1656); wrote 'The Immortality of the Soul' (1659)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/05/1664 |
| Proposer | John Wilkins |
| Relationships | Parents: Alexander More and Anne Lacy
Siblings: Alexander More, Richard More, and Gabriel More |
| General context | Although he was re-elected into the Society, he remained inactive in the Society's day-to-day work and activities. Throughout the Civil War, More remained loyal to the royalist cause. Considered a leading philosopher by his contemporaries, he was most known within the group of philosophers and clergymen later known as the Cambridge Platonists, and was tolerant in his theological convictions, often seen as a founder of the broad movement called latitudinarianism, advocating for ecclesiastical moderation. Through his friendship with Lady Anne Conway, he did receive patronage from Lord Conway, although he did refuse the offer of a bishopric in Ireland and to be prebendary of Worcester. His work made him a correspondent to fellow philosophers and allowed him to forge friendships, for example, with John Finch (FRS 1663) and Thomas Baines (FRS 1663). |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn; Hunter; ODNB
References:
Brooke, John Hedley. 1993. ''Immaterial Beings or Substantiated Experiments?', review of A Rupert Hall, Henry More. Magic, Religion and Experiment', in Notes and Records, vol. 47, pp. 142-144
Singer, B R. 1976-7. 'Robert Hooke on Memory, Association and Time Perception', in Notes and Records, vol. 31, pp. 115-131
Underwood, T L. 1976-7. 'Quakers and the Royal Society of London in the Seventeenth Century', in Notes and Records, vol. 31, pp. 133-150
Rattansi, P M. 1968. 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society', vol. 23, pp. 129-143
McGuire, J E and Rattansi, P M. 1966. 'Newton and the "Pipes of Pan"', in Notes and Records, vol. 21, pp. 108-143
Bernard Cohen, I. 1964. ''Quantum in se est': Newton's Concept of Inertia in Relation to Descartes and Lucretius', in Notes and Records, vol. 19, pp. 131-155
Notes:
Month of birth from DSB.
More was first elected on 17 September 1661, prior to the Society receiving its second Royal Charter, and was not officially re-elected FRS of the incorporated Royal Society until the date stated above (25 May 1664). More is therefore not considered an original Fellow of the Royal Society, a classification reserved for those named in the 1663 charter or elected within the subsequent two months, the period allowed in the charter for the declaration of Fellows. Elections like More's that predated this were no longer recognised. The date of any subsequent re-election is given in this database as the official election date. |
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| Royal Society code | NA5688 |