History

Despite being a small minority in England at the time,
7 out of 10 founding members of the Royal Society were Puritans, and a 1663 survey of its members similarly found that 62% were Puritans.

Puritans were “one of the most literate groups in the early modern world.” Puritan… pic.twitter.com/9CdDEks8Qk

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