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Sprat, Thomas
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Thomas Sprat (bap. 1635, d. 1713) wrote the first account of the Royal Society, an organisation that promoted the advancement of science in England. He was not, however, a natural philosopher, but a literary writer and preacher, who rose to the deanship of Westminster and later the bishopric of Rochester.