Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) from a painting by Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Jonathan Swift, who...

Sophia of the Palatinate, who was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698, was born on this day in 1630. Often described as a woman of lette...

St Mary's Church, Putney. The final resting place of John Toland. Edwardx [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons John Toland, ...

A greater part of the task assumed by a web-based project dedicated to celebrating the life, work and times of John Toland (1670-1722), mus...