Rediscovering Francis Williams: The Jamaican Polymath Erased from Scientific History

In 2023, The Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s storied scientific academy, made history by electing its first Black fellow. Yet, this groundbreaking achievement could have occurred nearly three centuries earlier if not for the entrenched racism of the era. In 1716, Francis Williams, a brilliant 22 yr old polymath from Jamaica, was proposed as a […]