Henry More

Henry More's father was Alexander More who had been mayor of Grantham on several occasions.One other thing about Henry More which we should discuss is his relation to Newton.Alexander More was financially well off and able to give his son a top class education.Flogging certainly did nothing to return More to Calvinism, perhaps it had just the opposite effect.In 1631 More entered Christ's College Cambridge.Perhaps we should move towards the reason why More is included in an archive of mathematicians.More published Antidote Against Atheisme in 1652.More did not just use philosophical arguments against Boyle, however.In 1670 More published Enchridion Metaphysicum.Therefore when More was a major figure at Cambridge he must have got to know the young pupil Newton.