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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66136" /> == | |||
<p> an English clergyman and author, was born at Coton Clauford, Staffordshire. March 26, 1659; became pensioner at [[Sidney]] College, Cambridge, in 1674; took deacon's orders about 1681; became assistant master of [[Birmingham]] School; was ordained priest in 1686; inherited a large estate in 1688,. and there after passed his time in literary leisure in London, where he died, October 29, 1724. He published, The Design of a Part of the Book of Ecclesiastes; or, the Unreasonableness of Men's Restless Contentions for the [[Present]] Enjoyments, Represented in an English Poem (1691): — and [[Religion]] of Nature Delineated (1722). He also left a number of works in MS. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v. </p> | <p> an English clergyman and author, was born at Coton Clauford, Staffordshire. March 26, 1659; became pensioner at [[Sidney]] College, Cambridge, in 1674; took deacon's orders about 1681; became assistant master of [[Birmingham]] School; was ordained priest in 1686; inherited a large estate in 1688,. and there after passed his time in literary leisure in London, where he died, October 29, 1724. He published, The [[Design]] of a Part of the Book of Ecclesiastes; or, the Unreasonableness of Men's [[Restless]] Contentions for the [[Present]] Enjoyments, Represented in an ''English Poem'' (1691): '''''—''''' and [[Religion]] of Nature Delineated (1722). He also left a number of works in MS. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81435" /> == | |||
<p> Ethical and theological writer, born near Stafford; wrote "Religion of Nature," a rationalistic work written in an optimistic spirit (1659-1724). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_66136"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wollaston,+william William Wollaston from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_66136"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/wollaston,+william William Wollaston from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_81435"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/wollaston,+william William Wollaston from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
an English clergyman and author, was born at Coton Clauford, Staffordshire. March 26, 1659; became pensioner at Sidney College, Cambridge, in 1674; took deacon's orders about 1681; became assistant master of Birmingham School; was ordained priest in 1686; inherited a large estate in 1688,. and there after passed his time in literary leisure in London, where he died, October 29, 1724. He published, The Design of a Part of the Book of Ecclesiastes; or, the Unreasonableness of Men's Restless Contentions for the Present Enjoyments, Represented in an English Poem (1691): — and Religion of Nature Delineated (1722). He also left a number of works in MS. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Ethical and theological writer, born near Stafford; wrote "Religion of Nature," a rationalistic work written in an optimistic spirit (1659-1724).
