Samuel Hartlib

Samuel Hartlib or Hartlieb (c. 1600 – 10 March 1662)[1] was a Polish born, English educational and agricultural reformer of German-Polish origin[2] who settled, married and died in England. He was a son of George Hartlib, a Pole, and Elizabeth Langthon, a daughter of a rich English merchant.[3] Hartlib was a noted promoter and writer in fields that included science, medicine, agriculture, politics and education. He was a contemporary of Robert Boyle, whom he knew well, and a neighbour of Samuel Pepys in Axe Yard, London, in the early 1660s. He studied briefly at the University of Cambridge upon arriving in England.

  1. ^ The Galileo Project; M. Greengrass, "Hartlib, Samuel (c. 1600–1662)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 26 April 2016, pay-walled for date of death.
  2. ^ Johnson, Mark S.; Stearns, Peter N. (1 September 2022). Education in World History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-81337-8. More practically, Samuel Hartlib (c. 1600–1662), of English-Polish origin, but making his career in England, tirelessly promoted the idea of a "new education"..
  3. ^ University of St Andrews. "HARTLIB, SAMUEL [SSNE 6617] - The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database". www.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022. ..son of George Hartlib, a Pole, and Elizabeth Langthon...His maternal grandfather John Langthon was a wealthy English merchant..