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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47867" /> == | |||
<p> a minister of the [[Church]] of England, was born in Westmoreland, England, in 1735; obtained a curacy in London in 1764; in 1767 he was appointed to the living of Blagden, Somersetshire, in 1777 became prebendary of Wells, and died in 1779. Langhorne published several works both in prose and poetry; also a volume of his Sermons, preached before the honorable [[Society]] of Lincoln's Inn (3d ed. Lend. 1773, 2 volumes, small 8vo). "His sermons are short, florid, and superficial." His most famous work was his translation of Plutarch's Lives, on which his brother assisted. See Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. 2:1765; Allibone, Dictionary of British and American Authors, 2:1057. </p> | <p> a minister of the [[Church]] of England, was born in Westmoreland, England, in 1735; obtained a curacy in [[London]] in 1764; in 1767 he was appointed to the living of Blagden, Somersetshire, in 1777 became prebendary of Wells, and died in 1779. Langhorne published several works both in prose and poetry; also a volume of his Sermons, preached before the honorable [[Society]] of Lincoln's [[Inn]] (3d ed. Lend. 1773, 2 volumes, small 8vo). "His sermons are short, florid, and superficial." [[His]] most famous work was his translation of Plutarch's Lives, on which his brother assisted. [[See]] Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. 2:1765; Allibone, [[Dictionary]] of [[British]] and [[American]] Authors, 2:1057. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75808" /> == | |||
<p> An [[English]] divine and poet, horn at Kirkby Stephen; was a prebend of [[Wells]] Cathedral; wrote a poem entitled "Genius and Virtue," and executed with a brother a translation of Plutarch's [[Lives]] (1735-1779). </p> | |||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
a minister of the Church of England, was born in Westmoreland, England, in 1735; obtained a curacy in London in 1764; in 1767 he was appointed to the living of Blagden, Somersetshire, in 1777 became prebendary of Wells, and died in 1779. Langhorne published several works both in prose and poetry; also a volume of his Sermons, preached before the honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn (3d ed. Lend. 1773, 2 volumes, small 8vo). "His sermons are short, florid, and superficial." His most famous work was his translation of Plutarch's Lives, on which his brother assisted. See Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. 2:1765; Allibone, Dictionary of British and American Authors, 2:1057.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An English divine and poet, horn at Kirkby Stephen; was a prebend of Wells Cathedral; wrote a poem entitled "Genius and Virtue," and executed with a brother a translation of Plutarch's Lives (1735-1779).
