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KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 804 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KING, See also:WILLIAM (1650-1729) , See also:Anglican divine, the son of See also:James King, an See also:Aberdeen See also:man who migrated to See also:Antrim, was See also:born in May 165o. He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, and after being presented to the See also:parish of St Werburgh, Dublin, in 1679, became See also:dean of St See also:Patrick's in 1689, See also:bishop of Derry in 1691, and See also:archbishop of Dublin in 1702. In 1718 he founded the divinity lectureship in Trinity College, Dublin, which bears his name. He died in May 1729. King was the author of The See also:State of the Protestants in See also:Ireland under King James's See also:Government (1691), but is best known by his De Origine Mali (1702; Eng. trans., 1731), an See also:essay deemed worthy of a reply by See also:Bayle and See also:Leibnitz. King was a strong supporter of the Revolution, and his voluminous See also:correspondence is a valuable help to our know-ledge of the Ireland of his See also:day. See A See also:Great Archbishop of Dublin, William King, D.D., edited by See also:Sir C. S. King, See also:Bart. (1908).

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