GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-003974
NameWilliam Whiston
TitleProfessor
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. 1667-12-09 - d. 1752-08-22 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Sermons of William Whiston: MS. Eng. th. e. 45
Linked SermonsSermon on 1 Corinthians 11:24 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:25 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on 1 Peter 2:21-22 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 7:2 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Isaiah 1:15 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Jeremiah 18:7-8 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Philippians 4:6 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Proverbs 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 119:168 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Romans 6:21 -- preacher (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesLichfield Cathedral -- DeaneryDrayton -- ParishKessingland -- ParishLowestoft -- ParishClare College -- Place of Study
Source of DataAbigail Hill
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 29217); ACAD (Venn) (ID: WHSN686W); CCEd (Person ID: 60526)
Other NoteWilliam Whiston was born on 9 December 1667 in Leicestershire. He matriculated at Clare College, Cambridge in September 1686 and earned both his B.A. (1689) and M.A. (1693). He served as Deacon of Lichfield (1693), rector of Drayton, Norfolk (1697-1698), and vicar of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and Kessingland, Suffolk (1698-1703) before moving to academia. At Cambridge, he served as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1702) and Boyle lecturer (1707) until he was expelled from the university in 1710 for his heretical publication on Arian, anti-trinitarian theology. He married Ruth Antrobus in 1699. He died on 22 August 1752 at Lyndon Hall.
GEMMS record createdJanuary 20, 2023
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 27, 2023