Scientific Mentors


 * [[image:http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/STUnewcastleD.jpg align="right" caption="William Cavendish"]]Received informal lessons in science and philosophy from both her husband and his brother, Sir Charles Cavendish in 1645
 * Her husband, William Cavendish, also served as a tutor to Charles II from 1638 to 1641


 * William Cavendish shared an interest in the subject of natural philosophy and supported Margaret's interest in the study of natural philosophy
 * Margaret was also influenced by social encounters with philosophers like Thomas Hobbes
 * Hobbes work argued that souls do not exist in nature