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FIDDES, RICHARD (1671-1725)
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See also:FIDDES, See also:RICHARD (1671-1725) , See also:English divine and historian, was See also:born at Hunmanby and educated at See also:Oxford. He took orders, and obtained the living of Halsham in Holderness in 1696. Owing to See also:ill-See also:health he applied for leave to reside at Wickham, and in 1712 he removed to See also:London on the plea of poverty, intending to pursue a See also:literary career. In London he met See also:Swift, who procured him a chaplaincy at See also:Hull. He also became See also:chaplain to the See also:earl of Oxford. After losing the Hull chaplaincy through a See also:change of See also:ministry in 1714, he devoted himself to See also:writing. His best See also:book is a See also:Life of See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey (London, 1724), containing documents which are still valuable for reference; of his other writings the Prefatory See also:Epistle containing .some remarks to be published on See also:Homer's Iliad (London, 1714), was occasioned by See also:Pope's proposed See also:translation of the Iliad, and his Theologia speculativa (London, 1718), earned him the degree of D.D. at Oxford. In his own See also:day he had a considerable reputation as an author and See also:man of learning. End of Article: FIDDES, RICHARD (1671-1725)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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