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JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 601 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOSEPH BLANCO See also:WHITE (1775-1841)  , See also:British theologian and poet, was See also:born at See also:Seville on the filth of See also:July 1775 . He was educated for the See also:Roman See also:Catholic priesthood; but after his ordination (1800) religious doubts led him to See also:escape from See also:Spain to See also:England (181o), where he ultimately entered the See also:Anglican See also:Church, having studied See also:theology at See also:Oxford and made the friendship of See also:Arnold, See also:Newman and Whatel.y . He became See also:tutor in the See also:family of the last-named when he was made See also:archbishop of See also:Dublin (1831) . While in this position he embraced Unitarian views; and he found an See also:asylum amongst the Unitarians of See also:Liverpool, where he died on the 20th of May 1841 . See also:White edited El Espanol, a monthly See also:Spanish See also:magazine in See also:London, from 1810 to 1814, and afterwards received a See also:civil See also:list See also:pension of £250 . His See also:principal writings are Doblado's Letters from Spain (1822); See also:Evidence against Catholicism (1825); Second Travels of an Irish See also:Gentleman in See also:Search of a See also:Religion (2 vols., 1834); Observations on See also:Heresy and Orthodoxy (1835) . They all show See also:literary ability, and were extensively read in their See also:day . He also translated See also:Paley's Evidences and the See also:Book of See also:Common See also:Prayer into Spanish . He is best remembered, however, by his See also:sonnet "See also:Night and See also:Death" ("Mysterious Night! when our first See also:parent knew "), which was dedicated to S . T . See also:Coleridge on its See also:appearance in the Bijou for 1828 and has since found its way into several anthologies . Three versions are given in the See also:Academy of the 12th of See also:September 1891 .

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Life of the Rev . See also:Joseph Blanco White, written by himself, with portions of his See also:Correspondence, edited by See also:John See also:Hamilton Thom (London, 3 vols., 1845) .

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