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==References == | <p> an English clergyman, was born at Oxford in 1695. He was educated at [[Trinity]] College, of which he became a fellow in 1718; was assistant to the Bodleian librarian in 1717; afterwards presented to the living of Ellesfield, near Oxford; custos archivorum in 1726; became rector of Rotherfield Greys in 1745; [[Radcliffe]] librarian in 1748; and died October 6, 1767. He published, Annales Rerum Gestarum AElfredi Magni (1722): '''''—''''' Epistola ''Ad Joannem Masson De Nummo Abgari Regis'' (1736): '''''—''''' A Letter to Dr. [[Mead]] [[Concerning]] some [[Antiquities]] in Berkshire, etc. (1738): '''''—''''' History and [[Chronology]] of the Fabulous Ages, [[Considered]] [[Particularly]] with [[Regard]] to the Two [[Ancient]] Deities, [[Bacchus]] and [[Hercules]] (1764), and other works. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_66108"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wise,+francis Francis Wise from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_66108"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wise,+francis Francis Wise from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Francis Wise [1]
an English clergyman, was born at Oxford in 1695. He was educated at Trinity College, of which he became a fellow in 1718; was assistant to the Bodleian librarian in 1717; afterwards presented to the living of Ellesfield, near Oxford; custos archivorum in 1726; became rector of Rotherfield Greys in 1745; Radcliffe librarian in 1748; and died October 6, 1767. He published, Annales Rerum Gestarum AElfredi Magni (1722): — Epistola Ad Joannem Masson De Nummo Abgari Regis (1736): — A Letter to Dr. Mead Concerning some Antiquities in Berkshire, etc. (1738): — History and Chronology of the Fabulous Ages, Considered Particularly with Regard to the Two Ancient Deities, Bacchus and Hercules (1764), and other works. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
