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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Richard Whately (1787–1863)

Whately, Richard. An eminent English clergyman and educator, archbishop of Dublin; born in London, Feb. 1, 1787; died in Dublin, Oct. 1, 1863. He was regarded as one of the “Broad Church” party in the Church of England. He was a voluminous writer; among his works are: ‘The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion’ (1822); ‘Elements of Logic’ (1826); ‘View of the Scripture Revelations concerning a Future State’ (1829); ‘Bacon’s Essays, with Annotations’ (1856); ‘A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity’ (1860); and ‘Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews’ (1864).