# Many inventions and discoveries seem to come from clerics See: * [[Gregor Mendel]] * [[William Oughtred]] * Sterling (Of sterling cycle) * [[mokyrLeverRichesTechnological1992]] points out that monastic orders bridged the upper class and the people who do stuff <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Many+inventions+and+discoveries+seem+to+come+from+clerics) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Many+inventions+and+discoveries+seem+to+come+from+clerics) <!-- {BearID:209FBD60-4BE9-418F-8DD7-FE29486147C1-19569-0003CC84F8EAAA12} -->