See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• HORSLEY, JOHN (c. 1685 – 1732)
• HORSLEY, JOHN CALLCOTT (1817-1903)
• SAMUEL HORSLEY (1733-1806)
• HORSLEY, WILLIAM (1774–1858)

HORSLEY (1733-1806)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1733 . Entering Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, he became LL.B. in 1758 without graduating in arts, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father in the living of Newington Butts in See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey . See also:

• HORSLEY, JOHN (c. 1685 – 1732)
• HORSLEY, JOHN CALLCOTT (1817-1903)
• HORSLEY, SAMUEL (1733-1806)
• HORSLEY, WILLIAM (1774–1858)

Horsley was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767; and secretary in 1773, but, in consequence of a difference with the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president (See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks) he withdrew in 1784 . In 1768 he attended the eldest son of the 4th See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• AYLESFORD

Aylesford to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford as private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor; and, after receiving through the earl and See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• LOWTH, ROBERT (1710-1787)

Lowth various See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor preferments, which by dispensations he combined with his first living, he was installed in 1781 as See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of St Albans . Horsley now entered in See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest upon his famous controversy with Joseph See also:

• PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733-1804)

Priestley, who denied that the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Christians held the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the Trinity . In this controversy, conducted on both sides in the fiercest polemical spirit, Horsley showed the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior learning and ability . His aim was to lessen the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence which the See also:

• PRESTIGE

prestige of Priestley's name gave to his views, by indicating inaccuracies in his scholarship and undue haste in his conclusions . For the See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy displayed in the contest Horsley was rewarded by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor See also:

• THURLOW, EDWARD THURLOW, 1ST BARON (1731-1806)

Thurlow with a prebendal See also:

• STALL (0. Eng. steall, stael, cf. Du. stal, Ger. and Swed. Stall, a common Teutonic word for a place, station, place for standing in; the root is the Indo-European std–, to stand, seen also in Latin stabulum, Greek vraO bs, and in stallion, an entire hors

stall at See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester; and in 1788 the same See also:

• PATRON

patron procured his promotion to the see of St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's . As a bishop, Horsley was energetic both in his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, where he strove to better the position of his See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, and in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . The efficient support which he afforded the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was acknowledged by his successive See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations to See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester in 1793, and to St See also:

• ASAPH

Asaph in 18o2 . With the bishopric of Rochester he held the deanery of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster . He died at See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 18o6 .

Besides the controversial Tracts, which appeared in 1783–1784–1786, and were republished in 1789 and 1812, Horsley's more important See also:

• WORKS

works are:—Apollonii Pergaei inclinationum libri duo (177o) ; Remarks on the Observations ... for determining the See also:

• ACCELERATION (from Lat. accelerare, to hasten, celer, quick)

acceleration of the Pendulum in See also:

• LAT

Lat . 7o° 51' (1774); Isaaci Newtoni See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera quae extant Omnia, with a commentary (5 vols . 4to, 1779–1785) ; On the Prosodies of tke See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin See also:

• LANGUAGES

Languages 0796); Disquisitions on See also:

• ISAIAH
• ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF

Isaiah xviii . (1796); See also:

• HOSEA

Hosea, translated ... with Notes (1801); Elementary See also:

• TREATISES

Treatises on ... See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

Mathematics (1801); Euclidis elernentorum libri priores XII . (1802); Euclidis datorum See also:

• LIBER

liber (1803); See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil's Two Seasons of See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

Honey, &c . (1805); and papers in the Philosophical Transactions from 1767 to 1776 . After his See also:

• DEATH

death there appeared—Sermons (1810–1812); Speeches in Parliament (1813); See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms, translated with Notes (1815); Biblical See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism (1820) ; Collected Theological Works (6 vols . 8vo, 1845) .