Teenager’s drawings in maths exercise book from 1784, acquired by the Museum of English Rural Life, win online fans including JK Rowling
Thirteen-year-old Richard Beale’s lack of attention to his mathematics studies more than 200 years ago has been exposed by the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), which has pointed out the teenager’s doodles – including an image of a chicken wearing trousers – pages of equations written out in 1784.
The museum, which acquired a set of 41 diaries belonging to the Beale family in 2016 and added Beale’s maths book to the collection last month, caused a viral sensation when it tweeted images from the teenager’s book over the weekend. The boy, from a farm in Biddenden, Kent, used the book for writing out mathematical problems. The museum’s programme manager Adam Koszary said Beale had a beautiful hand and that his equations “laid out like a dream”.
We think his family owned this dog, which pops up all over the place. pic.twitter.com/nSHydhpK5o
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