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See also:SPRAT, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS ( 1635-1713) , See also:English divine, was See also:born at Beaminster, See also:Dorsetshire, and educated at Wadham See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where he held a fellowship (1657-1670). Having taken orders he became a See also:prebendary of See also:Lincoln in 166o. In the pre-ceding See also:year he had gained a reputation by his poem To the Happie Memory of the most Renowned See also:Prince See also:Oliver, See also:Lord See also:Protector (See also:London, 1659), and he was afterwards well known as a wit, preacher and See also:man of letters. His See also:chief See also:prose See also:works are the Observations upon See also:Monsieur de Sorbier's Voyage into See also:England (London, 1665), a satirical reply to the strictures on Englishmen in See also:Samuel de Sorbiere's See also:book of that name, and a See also:History of the Royal Society of London (London, 1667), which Sprat had helped to found. In 1669 he became See also:canon of See also:Westminster, and in 1670 See also:rector of Uffington, See also:Lincolnshire. He was See also:chaplain to See also:Charles II. in 1676, See also:curate and lecturer at St See also:Margaret's, Westminster, in 1679, canon of See also:Windsor in 1681, See also:dean of Westminster in 1683 and See also:bishop of See also:Rochester in 1684. He was a member of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II.'s ecclesiastical See also:commission, and in 1688 he read the See also:Declaration of See also:Indulgence to empty benches in Westminster See also:Abbey. Although he opposed the See also:motion of 1689 declaring the See also:throne vacant, he assisted at the See also:coronation of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William and See also:Mary. As dean of Westminster he directed See also:Wren's restoration of the abbey. He died on the loth of May 1713.
End of Article: SPRAT, THOMAS ( 1635-1713)
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