A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 2T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... took his doctor's degree in divinity , and was appointed domeftic chaplain to Henry earl of Pembroke prefident of the council in the Marches of Wales ; by whose interest he became treasurer of the church of Landaff , prebendary of ...
... took his doctor's degree in divinity , and was appointed domeftic chaplain to Henry earl of Pembroke prefident of the council in the Marches of Wales ; by whose interest he became treasurer of the church of Landaff , prebendary of ...
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... took to wife a daughter of alderman Barnham of London , with whom he received a plentiful fortune , but had by her no children : and she out- lived him upwards of twenty years . to his fervants , and connived at their takings , and ...
... took to wife a daughter of alderman Barnham of London , with whom he received a plentiful fortune , but had by her no children : and she out- lived him upwards of twenty years . to his fervants , and connived at their takings , and ...
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... took his degree of ba- Edit , Lond . chelor of arts , April 10 , 1647 , and foon after left the uni- verfity . He afterwards became vicar of Bishops - Nymmet in Devonshire , where he lived a studious and retired life for ma- ny years ...
... took his degree of ba- Edit , Lond . chelor of arts , April 10 , 1647 , and foon after left the uni- verfity . He afterwards became vicar of Bishops - Nymmet in Devonshire , where he lived a studious and retired life for ma- ny years ...
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... took the degree of bachelor Ath . Oxon . in phyfic , and was admitted to practice . He removed from Oxford to Nottingham , where he lived many years , and was Wood's Cibber's Poets , vol.v. in high efteem for his fkill in BANISTER . 31 ...
... took the degree of bachelor Ath . Oxon . in phyfic , and was admitted to practice . He removed from Oxford to Nottingham , where he lived many years , and was Wood's Cibber's Poets , vol.v. in high efteem for his fkill in BANISTER . 31 ...
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... took his doctor's degree there ; and , as he was a man of quick parts and great affiduity , he foon became able to teach the law . About this time the duke of Lorrain had founded the univerfity of Pontamouffon , and , at the ...
... took his doctor's degree there ; and , as he was a man of quick parts and great affiduity , he foon became able to teach the law . About this time the duke of Lorrain had founded the univerfity of Pontamouffon , and , at the ...
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