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WILLIAM KING (1650-1729)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 804 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:KING (1650-1729)  , See also:Anglican divine, the son of See also:James See also:King, an See also:Aberdeen See also:man who migrated to See also:Antrim, was See also:born in May 165o . He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, and after being presented to the See also:parish of St Werburgh, Dublin, in 1679, became See also:dean of St See also:Patrick's in 1689, See also:bishop of Derry in 1691, and See also:archbishop of Dublin in 1702 . In 1718 he founded the divinity lectureship in Trinity College, Dublin, which bears his name . He died in May 1729 . King was the author of The See also:State of the Protestants in See also:Ireland under King James's See also:Government (1691), but is best known by his De Origine Mali (1702; Eng. trans., 1731), an See also:essay deemed worthy of a reply by See also:Bayle and See also:Leibnitz . King was a strong supporter of the Revolution, and his voluminous See also:correspondence is a valuable help to our know-ledge of the Ireland of his See also:day . See A See also:Great Archbishop of Dublin, See also:William King, D.D., edited by See also:Sir C . S . King, See also:Bart . (1908) .

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