in 1696, was made Warden, and three 
years after, Matter of the Mint, a place 
worth 1500!. per annum. In 1703, he 
was chofen Prefident of the Royal Society, 
which he continued during the remainder 
of his life. He died in the year 1727, aged 
85, and was buried in Weftminfter Abbey, 
where you will find his tomb on the left 
hand, at the entrance into the choir; which 
tomb, I dare fay, you will vifit with more 
heart-felt veneration than Mahomedans feel 
at the fhrine of their prophet at Mecca, or 
Roman Catholicks at Loretto. 
I forgot to tell you, that he was knighted 
by Queen Ann, in the year 1705. It was 
a trivial circumflance, fcarce worth notice 
in the life of a Newton, on whom titles 
conferred by princes, could perpetuate no 
honour, except to themfelves. 
JOHN LOCKE, univerfally remembered, 
as the author of the Effay on Human Under- 
Jlandingy was born at Wrington in Somer- 
fetfhire, in 1632. He was nrft educated at 
Weftminfter fchool, and thence became a 
Student of Chrift-church, Oxford, where he 
took his degrees in Arts. In 1664, he went 
abroad as Secretary to Sir William Swan, 
Envoy 
