William Martin
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Eccentric and self-proclaimed philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Martin was an English eccentric and self-described natural philosopher. Life Born on 21 June 1772, at the Towhouse in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, he was eldest son of Fenwick Martin and his wife Isabella Thompson; Jonathan Martin and John Martin the artist were brothers. He was brought up by his mother's parents, who in 1775 moved to Kintyre in western Scotland, to farm. On their deaths, he went to live with his father, then in business at Ayr.
