Three candidates we know: Algarotti (of course he did)
HAHAHAHAHA
Oh, was this news to you guys? I suppose I didn't bring it up when I encountered it in the Algarotti dissertation. I thought I had put it in the chronology, but apparently all I put was that Algarotti was elected. Anyway, yeah, Algarotti was looking for a job, and immediately (less than a month) after arriving in England, gets himself made a Fellow of the Royal Society. It's all part of his great networking scheme to get his dream job! And yes, Mitchell, who had been in England longer than 3 weeks, was already a member and sponsored him (and generally helped introduce him to people as part of the great networking scheme).
Mostly I was laughing because like I keep saying about Fritz and Voltaire I am also a metaphorical teenager and was thinking about Mitchell and Algarotti being lovers, and Mitchell putting up his glamorous Italian lover for sponsorship. :D
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Re: Andrew Mitchell PhD thesis
Date: 2021-02-20 06:10 pm (UTC)HAHAHAHAHA
Oh, was this news to you guys? I suppose I didn't bring it up when I encountered it in the Algarotti dissertation. I thought I had put it in the chronology, but apparently all I put was that Algarotti was elected. Anyway, yeah, Algarotti was looking for a job, and immediately (less than a month) after arriving in England, gets himself made a Fellow of the Royal Society. It's all part of his great networking scheme to get his dream job! And yes, Mitchell, who had been in England longer than 3 weeks, was already a member and sponsored him (and generally helped introduce him to people as part of the great networking scheme).
Re: Andrew Mitchell PhD thesis
Date: 2021-02-21 12:45 am (UTC)like I keep saying about Fritz and VoltaireI am also a metaphorical teenager and was thinking about Mitchell and Algarotti being lovers, and Mitchell putting up his glamorous Italian lover for sponsorship. :D