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William Whiston. Born 9 Dec William Whiston was taught by his fatheruntil he was 17 when he went to school in Tamworth. In 1686, after
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Extractions: William Whiston was taught by his father until he was 17 when he went to school in Tamworth. In 1686, after two years of school, he entered Clare College, Cambridge. He was very poor since his father died shortly before he went to university. William attended Newton 's lectures while at Cambridge and he showed great promise in mathematics. He obtained his B.A. in 1690, then obtained a fellowship in 1691, two years later he was awarded an M.A. and was ordained in the same year. He was encouraged by David Gregory at this time to study Newton 's Principia. He returned to Cambridge, intending to take mathematics pupils, but ill health made him give up teaching. From 1694 to 1698 he was chaplain to the bishop of Norwich. During this period he wrote A New Theory of the Earth (1696), in which he claimed that the biblical stories of the creation, flood etc. could be explained scientifically as descriptions of events with historical bases. For example he claimed that the biblical flood was due to a comet hitting the Earth, an interesting theory given the current interest in theories of this type.
Poster Of Whiston
William Whiston. William Whiston succeeded Newton as Lucasian professor atCambridge, but was later deprived of his chair on religious grounds.
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Josephus Flavius, Whiston William Religion, Jews, History, To 70 A.D, Rebellion
Josephus Flavius, whiston william Religion, Jews, History, To 70 AD, Rebellion6673, History Of Jews, History - General History, Ancient - General.
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Josephus Flavius, Whiston William, Maier Paul L. Religion, Religion - Biblical S
Josephus Flavius, whiston william, Maier Paul L. Religion, Religion BiblicalStudies, Bible - Study - General, History, Ancient - General, Jews.
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William Whiston
WILLIAM WHISTON 1667 1752. William Whiston was born at Norton.-juxta-Twycross,Leicestershire in 1667. He studied first at home
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Extractions: William Whiston was born at Norton.-juxta-Twycross, Leicestershire in 1667. He studied first at home and later at Tamworth Grammar School and in 1686 was admitted to Clare Hall, Cambridge where he qualified as B.A. (1690), and MA. (1695), and was elected Fellow in 1691. William Lloyd ordained Whiston at Lichfield in 1695 and he married Ruth Antrobus in 1699. Whiston's ~ Earth (1696) attracted considerable attention, where he postulated the origin of the earth from the atmosphere of a comet and all major changes in the earth's history were attributed to the action of comets. Successively chaplain to Bishop John Moore at Norwich and rector of Lowestoft, Whiston succeeded Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1702-1710.
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George TONGUE William R VERNON Percy VERNON Harry WATSON William WHITE James HWHITTAKER George WILDING James WILLIAMS Ernest whiston william WILSON Harold
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Josephus Flavius Whiston William The New Complete Works Of Josephus
Josephus Flavius whiston william The New Complete Works of Josephus. Title The NewComplete Works of Josephus Author Josephus Flavius whiston william.
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Josephus Flavius Whiston William Maier Paul L The New Complete Works Of Josephus
Josephus Flavius whiston william Maier Paul L The New Complete Worksof Josephus. Author Josephus Flavius whiston william Maier Paul L.
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Whiston, William
Catalog of the Scientific Community whiston, william. James Force, william whistonHonest Newtonian, (Cambridge, 1985). This is the best source on whiston.
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Extractions: Whiston, William Note: the creators of the Galileo Project and this catalogue cannot answer email on genealogical questions. 1. Dates Born: Norton, Leicestershire, 9 Dec. 1667 Died: Lyndon, Rutland, 22 Aug. 1752 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 2. Father Occupation: Cleric Josiah Whiston was the Rector of Norton. No information on financial status, although there is some indication that the family was in financial straits after the death of the father in 1686, when Whiston was nineteen. He went to Cambridge that year as a sizar. 3. Nationality Birth: English Career: English Death: English 4. Education Schooling: Cambridge, M.A. School at Tamworth in Warwickshire. Cambridge University, Clare Hall, 1686-93; B.A., 1690; M.A., 1693. 5. Religion Affiliation: Anglican, Heterodox At the time he was ordained Whiston was nearly a nonjuror. During the following fifteen years he moved over into Arianism. Because he was not formally excommunicated, he nevertheless remained an Anglican until 1747, when he left the church and became a Baptist. 6. Scientific Disciplines
WHISTON, WILLIAM
whiston, william (1667175?), English divine and mathematician, was bom on the gth of December 1667 at Norton in Leicestershire, of which village his father was rector
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Extractions: Whiston is a striking example of the association of an entirely paradoxical bent of mind with proficiency in the exact sciences. He also illustrates the possibility of arriving at rationalistic conclusions in theology without the slightest tincture of the rationalistic temper. He was not only paradoxical to the 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 folio book on the Canticles, I declined to go to hear him." When not engaged in controversy he was not devoid of good sense. He often saw men and things very clearly, and some of his ban mots are admirable.
Whiston, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. whiston, william. 16671752, English clergyman and mathematician.
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William Whiston And The Deluge
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Extractions: The years 1680 and 1682 were years of unusually bright comets. Many pamphlets were printed, especially in Germany, on the imminent end of the world; at the very least, great catastrophes were expected. There was nothing new in such prognostications. In earlier centuries and also earlier in the seventeenth century, comets were regarded with awe and every possible evil effect was ascribed to them. Thus a scholarly author, David Herlicius, published in 1619 a discourse on a comet that had appeared shortly before, in 1618, and enumerated the calamities that this comet, and comets in general, bring with them or presage: The fear and even horror caused by the comet of 1680 was just beginning to calm down when in 1682 another great comet appeared. Edmund Halley was twenty-six years old when this comet of 1682 appeared. He had experience in astronomical observations and calculations, having spent time on the island of St. Helena, cataloguing there 341 southern stars; he had observed the transit of Mercury, and made pendulum observations. Now he calculated the orbit of the comet of 1682, and predicted its return in 1759. Actually, the periodicity of comets was not first discovered by Halley. The ancient authors knew that comets have their time of revolution. Seneca wrote in his treatise A comet with a periodicity of about 70 years was known to the rabbis.
The Works Of Flavius Josephus
Translated by william whiston. Provided by Redemption Ground.
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The Works Of Flavius Josephus
Full text of English translations by william whiston, at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
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Whiston
Translated by. william whiston. Antiquities of the Jews
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Extractions: William Whiston was taught by his father until he was 17 when he went to school in Tamworth. In 1686, after two years of school, he entered Clare College, Cambridge. He was very poor since his father died shortly before he went to university. William attended Newton 's lectures while at Cambridge and he showed great promise in mathematics. He obtained his B.A. in 1690, then obtained a fellowship in 1691, two years later he was awarded an M.A. and was ordained in the same year. He was encouraged by David Gregory at this time to study Newton 's Principia. He returned to Cambridge, intending to take mathematics pupils, but ill health made him give up teaching. From 1694 to 1698 he was chaplain to the bishop of Norwich. During this period he wrote A New Theory of the Earth (1696), in which he claimed that the biblical stories of the creation, flood etc. could be explained scientifically as descriptions of events with historical bases. For example he claimed that the biblical flood was due to a comet hitting the Earth, an interesting theory given the current interest in theories of this type.
Whiston, William
encyclopediaEncyclopedia whiston, william. whiston, william, 16671752,English clergyman and mathematician. He won favor through
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Extractions: Whiston, William Whiston, William, , English clergyman and mathematician. He won favor through his New Theory of the Earth (1696) and in 1701 was made deputy to Sir Isaac Newton, whom he succeeded (1703) as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge. Well-known as a preacher, Whiston aroused opposition by proclaiming his opinion that the faith of the early Christian centuries was Arian. In 1710 he was dismissed from the university for heresy. He propounded his Arian views in Primitive Christianity Revived
The Works Of Flavius Josephus
Translated by william whiston. Antiquities of the Jews
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Project Gutenberg Titles By Whiston, William
Project Gutenberg Titles by. william whiston.
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WHISTON, WILLIAM. The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2000
The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2000. whiston, william. 16671752, English clergyman and mathematician.
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