John Arbuthnot, often known simply as Dr. Arbuthnot, ("baptised" 29 April, 1667 - 27 February, 1735), was a physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered today for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club (where he inspired both Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" book III and Alexander Pope's "Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry", … Wikipedia
Scriblerus Origins John Arbuthnot The language of the Houyhnhnms is particularly challenging. www.gullivercode.com/wiki/index.php/Proof_and_the_Pudding
Dr John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) was the political satirist who created the character of John Bull and was immortalised by his friendship with Pope, Swift and Gay. www.arbuthnot.org/dr_john.htm
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Thanks to an excellent article in Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Arbuthnot , I am relieved of the task of giving any more than a brief introduction. www.ikanlundu.com/literary/The_Art_of_Political_Lying.htm