Claim: John Eames was a friend of Sir Isaac Newton and was a dissenter, someone who dissents in matters of opinion, or belief.
Evidence: He enjoyed the friendship of Sir Isaac Newton, through whose influence he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society, whose Philosophical Transactions he was employed in abridging. He was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School on 10 March 1696–7, and was subsequently trained for the dissenting ministry. A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, "to disagree") is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc.