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<p> Blake, [[William]] (4), </p> <p> a [[Methodist]] Episcopal minister, was born in Prince [[Edward]] County, Va., Feb. 9,. 1819. He removed to [[Ohio]] in 1834, to [[Indiana]] in. 1840, and was a student at Asbury University, Indiana, from 1846 to 1848; was received into the North Indiana [[Conference]] in 1850; became superannuated at Greencastle in 1867; was made effective in 1871, and was transferred to Northwest Indiana Conference in 1876; took a supernumerary relation in 1878, and died at Greencastle, Ind., May 3, 1880. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1880, p. 208. </p>
<p> Blake, [[William]] (1), </p> <p> an English painter and de-signer, was born Nov. 28, 1757, studied under Bazire, Flaxman and Fuseli, and died Aug. 12, 1828. His genius was undoubted, but his mind was ill-balanced; and in his illustrations of Young's [[Night]] Thoughts, Jerusalem, Blair's Grave, and the Book of Job, we are sometimes surprised by the invention and sublimity displayed by the artist. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the [[Fine]] Arts, s.v. </p>


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<ref name="term_25539"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/blake,+william+(4) William Blake from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_25540"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/blake,+william+(1) William Blake from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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William Blake [1]

Blake, William (1),

an English painter and de-signer, was born Nov. 28, 1757, studied under Bazire, Flaxman and Fuseli, and died Aug. 12, 1828. His genius was undoubted, but his mind was ill-balanced; and in his illustrations of Young's Night Thoughts, Jerusalem, Blair's Grave, and the Book of Job, we are sometimes surprised by the invention and sublimity displayed by the artist. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.

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