姬霁乾
2021-07-28
JohnArbuthnot(baptised29April1667–27February1735),oftenknownsimplyasDrArbuthnot,wasaScottishphysician,satiristandpolymathinLondon.Heisbestrememberedforhiscontributionstomathematics,hismembershipintheScriblerusClub(whereheinspiredbothJonathanSwift"sGulliver"sTravelsbookIIIandAlexanderPope"sPeriBathous,OrtheArtofSinkinginPoetry,MemoirsofMartinScriblerus,andpossiblyTheDunciad),andforinventingthefigur