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See also:GEORGE See also:HORNE (1730-1792)
, See also:English divine, was See also:born on the 1st of See also:November 1730, at Otham near See also:Maidstone, and received his See also:education at Maidstone school and University See also:College, See also:Oxford
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In 1749 he became a See also:fellow of Magdaren, of which college he was elected See also:president in 1768
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As a preacher he See also:early attained See also:great popularity, and was, albeit unjustly, accused of See also:Methodism
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His reputation was helped by several See also:clever if somewhat wrong-headed publications, including a satirical pamphlet entitled The See also:Theology and See also:Philosophy of See also:Cicero's Somnium Scipionis (1751), a See also:defence of the Hutchinsonians in A See also:Fair, Candid and Impartial See also:State of the See also:Case between See also:Sir See also:Isaac See also:Newton and Mr See also:Hutchinson (1753), and critiques upon See also: |
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