"People have been finding dinosaur fossils for hundreds of years, probably even thousands of years. ...There are references to "dragon" bones found in Wucheng, Sichuan, China (written by Chang Qu) over 2,000 years ago; these were probably dinosaur fossils.
Much later, in 1676, a huge thigh bone (femur) was found in England by Reverend Plot. It was thought that the bone belonged to a "giant," but was probably from a dinosaur." (read more)
Who was this "Mr. Plot"? ..."
Much later, in 1676, a huge thigh bone (femur) was found in England by Reverend Plot. It was thought that the bone belonged to a "giant," but was probably from a dinosaur." (read more)
Who was this "Mr. Plot"? ..."
"Plot had already developed an interest in the systematic study of natural history and antiquities.[3] In June 1674, with patronage from John Fell, the bishop of Oxford, and Ralph Bathhurst, vice-chancellor of the university, Plot began studying and collecting artefacts throughout the nearby countryside, publishing his findings three years later in The Natural History of Oxford-shire.[1] In this work, he described and illustrated various rocks, minerals and fossils, including the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone which he attributed to a giant (later recognised as the femur of a Megalosaurus), but believed that most fossils were not remains of living organisms but rather crystallisations of mineral salts with a coincidental zoological form." (read more)
Oxford Oxford Oxford; all these characters appear to have ties, in one way or another, to Oxford. Oxford was actually in the neighbor hood of all this activity. Is there anything we should know about the "goings on" at Oxford just prior to the first giant bone showing up in the neighborhood of both Oxford and this petrefying well?
Yes. "Just as Leo X’s corruption had ignited Luther , Clemen t VII’s shrewdness determined how the Church would deal with the proliferation of Bibles. Clement was personally advised by the cagey Niccolo Machiavelli, inventor of modern political science , and Cardinal Thoma s Wolsey, Chancellor of England. Machiavelli and Wolsey opined that both printing and Protestantism could be turned to Rome’ s advantage by employing movable type to produce a literature that would confuse, diminish, and ultimately marginalize the Bible. Cardinal Wolsey, who would later found Christ Church College at Oxford, characterized the project as “to put learning against learning.”" (read more)
Is there anything we need to know about Wolsey?
Yes, "A grand idea takes possession of Wolsey-nothing less than the founding of a splendid college at Oxford, on a scale to eclipse everything of its kind in the world, and to gather all the talent of the kingdom therein, and so to set learning against learning to uphold the cause of Rome. This, no doubt, was the origin of Cardinal College, Oxford (now Christ Church). " (read more)
Oxford Oxford Oxford; all these characters appear to have ties, in one way or another, to Oxford. Oxford was actually in the neighbor hood of all this activity. Is there anything we should know about the "goings on" at Oxford just prior to the first giant bone showing up in the neighborhood of both Oxford and this petrefying well?
Yes. "Just as Leo X’s corruption had ignited Luther , Clemen t VII’s shrewdness determined how the Church would deal with the proliferation of Bibles. Clement was personally advised by the cagey Niccolo Machiavelli, inventor of modern political science , and Cardinal Thoma s Wolsey, Chancellor of England. Machiavelli and Wolsey opined that both printing and Protestantism could be turned to Rome’ s advantage by employing movable type to produce a literature that would confuse, diminish, and ultimately marginalize the Bible. Cardinal Wolsey, who would later found Christ Church College at Oxford, characterized the project as “to put learning against learning.”" (read more)
Is there anything we need to know about Wolsey?
Yes, "A grand idea takes possession of Wolsey-nothing less than the founding of a splendid college at Oxford, on a scale to eclipse everything of its kind in the world, and to gather all the talent of the kingdom therein, and so to set learning against learning to uphold the cause of Rome. This, no doubt, was the origin of Cardinal College, Oxford (now Christ Church). " (read more)
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