See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM WHISTON (1667-1752)

WHISTON (1667-1752)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English divine and mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1667 at See also:

• NORTON, CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH (18o8–1877)
• NORTON, CHARLES BOWYER ADDERLEY, 1ST BARON (1814–1905)
• NORTON, CHARLES ELIOT (1827-1908)
• NORTON, THOMAS (1532–1584)

Norton in See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, of which See also:

• VILLAGE

village his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector . He was educated privately, partly on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the delicacy of his See also:

• HEALTH

health, and partly that he might See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• AMANUENSIS (a Latin word, derived from the phrase servus a menu, slave of the hand, a secretary)

amanuensis to his father, who had lost his sight . He afterwards entered at See also:

• CLARE
• CLARE, JOHN (1793-1864)
• CLARE, JOHN FITZGIBBON, 1ST EARL OF (1749-1802)

Clare See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where he applied himself to mathematical study, and obtained a fellowship in 1693 . He next became See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore (1646-1714), the learned 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 of See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, from whom he received the living of See also:

• LOWESTOFT

Lowestoft in 1698 . He had already given several proofs of his See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble but over-scrupulous conscientiousness, and at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of a propensity to See also:

• PARADOX (Gr. treat, beyond, contrary to, Sofia, opinion)

paradox . His New Theory of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth (1696), although destitute of See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound scientific See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, obtained the praise of both See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton and See also:

• LOCKE, GOTTFRIED CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1791–1855)
• LOCKE, JOHN (1632-1704)
• LOCKE, MATTHEW (c. 1630-1677)

Locke, the latter of whom justly classed the author among those who, if not adding much to our knowledge, " Ft least bring some new things to our thoughts." In 1701 he resigned his living to become See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy at Cambridge to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac Newton, whom two years later he succeeded as Lucasian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

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

mathematics . In 1707 he was See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle lecturer . For several years See also:

• WHISTON, WILLIAM (1667-1752)

Whiston continued to write and preach both on mathematical and theological subjects with considerable success; but his study of the See also:

• APOSTOLICAL

Apostolical Constitutionshad convinced him that Arianism was the creed of the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church; and with him to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form an See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion and to publish it were things almost simultaneous . His heterodoxy soon became notorious, and in 1710 he was deprived of his professorship and expelled from the university . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent in incessant controversy—theological, mathematical, See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous . He vindicated his estimate of the Apostolical Constitutions and the Arian views he had derived from them in his Primitive See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity Revived (5 vols., 1711-1712) . In 1713 he produced a reformed See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy, and soon afterwards founded a society for promoting primitive Christianity, lecturing in support of his theories at See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath and See also:

• TUN

Tun-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells .

One of the most valuable of his books, the Life of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke, appeared in 1730 . While heretical on so many points, he was a See also:

• FIRM

firm believer in supernatural Christianity, and frequently took the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of prophecy and See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle, including See also:

• ANOINTING

anointing the sick and touching for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's evil . His dislike to See also:

• RATIONALISM (from Lat. rationalis, pertaining to reason, ratio)

rationalism in See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion also made him one of the numerous opponents of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• HOADLY, BENJAMIN (1676-1761)

Hoadly's See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

Plain Account of the Nature and End of the See also:

• SACRAMENT

Sacrament . He proved to his own See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction that See also:

• CANTICLES

Canticles was apocryphal and that See also:

• BARUCH

Baruch was not . He was ever pressing his views of ecclesiastical 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 and discipline, derived from the Apostolical Constitutions, on ;the ecclesiastical authorities, and marvelled that they could not see the See also:

• MATTER

matter in the same See also:

• LIGHT

light as himself . He assailed the memory of See also:

• ATHANASIUS (293-373)

Athanasius with a virulence at least equal to that with which orthodox divines had treated See also:

• ARIUS ("Apews)

Arius . He attacked Sir Isaac Newton's chronological See also:

• SYSTEM

system with success; but he himself lost not only time but See also:

• MONEY

money in an endeavour to discover the See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude . Of all his singular opinions the best known is his advocacy of clerical monogamy, immortalized in the See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

Vicar of See also:

• WAKEFIELD
• WAKEFIELD, GILBERT (1756-1801)

Wakefield . Of all his labcurs the most useful is his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus (1737), with valuable notes and See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

dissertations, often reprinted . His last " famous See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, or rather revival of Dr See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher's," which he mentions in his autobiography with See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite complacency, was the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars with the lost tribes of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel . In 1745 he published his Primitive New Testament . About the same time (1747) he finally See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican communion for the Baptist, leaving the church literally as well as figuratively by quitting it as the clergyman began to read the Athanasian creed .

He died in London, at the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of his son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, on the 22nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1752, leaving a memoir (3 vols., 1749-1750) which deserves more See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention than it has received, both for its characteristic individuality and as a See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store-house of curious anecdotes and illustrations of the religious and moral tendencies of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . It does not, however, contain any account of the proceedings taken against him at Cambridge, these having been published separately at the time . Whiston is a striking example of the association of an entirely paradoxical See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent of mind with proficiency in the exact sciences . He also illustrates the possibility of arriving at rationalistic conclusions in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology without the slightest See also:

• TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

tincture of the rationalistic See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . He was not only paradoxical to the See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of craziness, but intolerant to the verge of bigotry . " I had a mind," he says, " to hear Dr (John) Gill preach . But, being informed that he had written a See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio See also:

• BOOK

book on the Canticles, I declined to go to hear him." When not engaged in controversy he was not devoid of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense . He often saw men and things very clearly, and some of his bon mots are admirable .