John Worthington
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John Worthington was an English academic. He was closely associated with the Cambridge Platonists
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
.
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
and John Covel
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
John Worthington (1618–1671) was an English academic. He was closely associated with the Cambridge Platonists
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
.
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
and John Covel
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
John Worthington (1618–1671) was an English academic. He was closely associated with the Cambridge Platonists
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
.
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
and John Covel
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
Cambridge Platonists
The Cambridge Platonists were a group of philosophers at Cambridge University in the middle of the 17th century .- Programme :...
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
Life
He was born in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall...
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby is a small village of approximately 121 households, located seven miles south east of Grantham, in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire.-Parish:...
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
.
Hartlib correspondence
Worthington was an active correspondent of Samuel HartlibSamuel Hartlib
Samuel Hartlib was a German-British polymath. An active promoter and expert writer in many fields, he was interested in science, medicine, agriculture, politics, and education. He settled in England, where he married and died...
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
John Dury
John Dury was a Scottish Calvinist minister and a significant intellectual of the English Civil War period. He made efforts to re-unite the Calvinist and Lutheran wings of Protestantism, hoping to succeed when he moved to Kassel in 1661, but he did not accomplish this...
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
Henry Ainsworth
-Life:He was born of a farming family of Swanton Morley, Norfolk. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and, after associating with the Puritan party in the Church, eventually joined the Separatists....
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
Henry More
Henry More FRS was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.-Biography:Henry was born at Grantham and was schooled at The King's School, Grantham and at Eton College...
and John Covel
John Covel
John Covel was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University....
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
Works
- The Christian's Pattern: a translation of the De Imitatione of Thomas à Kempis (1654)
- John Smith, Selected Discourses (London, 1660) editor
- Life of Joseph Mede with third edition of Mede's Works (1672)
- The Great Duty of Self-Resignation to the Divine Will (1675)
- Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington 2 vols. (1847–86, Chetham Society) editor James CrossleyJames Crossley (author)James Crossley was an English author, bibliophile and literary scholar. By profession he was a lawyer.-Life:He was born in Halifax, and moved to Manchester in 1816...
External links
John Worthington (1618–1671) was an English academic. He was closely associated with the Cambridge Platonists
Cambridge Platonists
The Cambridge Platonists were a group of philosophers at Cambridge University in the middle of the 17th century .- Programme :...
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
Life
He was born in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall...
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby is a small village of approximately 121 households, located seven miles south east of Grantham, in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire.-Parish:...
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
.
Hartlib correspondence
Worthington was an active correspondent of Samuel HartlibSamuel Hartlib
Samuel Hartlib was a German-British polymath. An active promoter and expert writer in many fields, he was interested in science, medicine, agriculture, politics, and education. He settled in England, where he married and died...
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
John Dury
John Dury was a Scottish Calvinist minister and a significant intellectual of the English Civil War period. He made efforts to re-unite the Calvinist and Lutheran wings of Protestantism, hoping to succeed when he moved to Kassel in 1661, but he did not accomplish this...
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
Henry Ainsworth
-Life:He was born of a farming family of Swanton Morley, Norfolk. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and, after associating with the Puritan party in the Church, eventually joined the Separatists....
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
Henry More
Henry More FRS was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.-Biography:Henry was born at Grantham and was schooled at The King's School, Grantham and at Eton College...
and John Covel
John Covel
John Covel was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University....
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
Works
- The Christian's Pattern: a translation of the De Imitatione of Thomas à Kempis (1654)
- John Smith, Selected Discourses (London, 1660) editor
- Life of Joseph Mede with third edition of Mede's Works (1672)
- The Great Duty of Self-Resignation to the Divine Will (1675)
- Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington 2 vols. (1847–86, Chetham Society) editor James CrossleyJames Crossley (author)James Crossley was an English author, bibliophile and literary scholar. By profession he was a lawyer.-Life:He was born in Halifax, and moved to Manchester in 1816...
External links
John Worthington (1618–1671) was an English academic. He was closely associated with the Cambridge Platonists
Cambridge Platonists
The Cambridge Platonists were a group of philosophers at Cambridge University in the middle of the 17th century .- Programme :...
. He did not in fact publish in the field of philosophy, and is now known mainly as a well-connected diarist.
Life
He was born in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. At Emmanuel he was taught by Joseph Mead; he described Mead's teaching methods, and later edited his works. Another teacher was Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...
.
He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
, from 1650 to 1660, and Vice-Chancellor in 1657. At the English Restoration
English Restoration
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
he was replaced by Richard Sterne, apparently willingly. Subsequently he held various church positions, being lecturer at St Benet Fink in London until burnt out in the Great Fire of London
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall...
in 1666. He then was given a living at Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby
Ingoldsby is a small village of approximately 121 households, located seven miles south east of Grantham, in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire.-Parish:...
. At the end of his life he was a lecturer in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
.
Hartlib correspondence
Worthington was an active correspondent of Samuel HartlibSamuel Hartlib
Samuel Hartlib was a German-British polymath. An active promoter and expert writer in many fields, he was interested in science, medicine, agriculture, politics, and education. He settled in England, where he married and died...
, the "intelligencer", in the period 1655 to 1662. At Worthington's request, Hartlib's close collaborator John Dury
John Dury
John Dury was a Scottish Calvinist minister and a significant intellectual of the English Civil War period. He made efforts to re-unite the Calvinist and Lutheran wings of Protestantism, hoping to succeed when he moved to Kassel in 1661, but he did not accomplish this...
searched in the Netherlands for the lost papers of Henry Ainsworth
Henry Ainsworth
-Life:He was born of a farming family of Swanton Morley, Norfolk. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and, after associating with the Puritan party in the Church, eventually joined the Separatists....
. He shared with Hartlib and Dury (and both Henry More
Henry More
Henry More FRS was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.-Biography:Henry was born at Grantham and was schooled at The King's School, Grantham and at Eton College...
and John Covel
John Covel
John Covel was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University....
) an interest in the Karaites.
After Hartlib's death, Worthington took on the task of organising his archive of correspondence, which had been bought by William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
. After a period of nearly 300 years, the bundles into which he sorted it were rediscovered, and his system for the archive persists.
Works
- The Christian's Pattern: a translation of the De Imitatione of Thomas à Kempis (1654)
- John Smith, Selected Discourses (London, 1660) editor
- Life of Joseph Mede with third edition of Mede's Works (1672)
- The Great Duty of Self-Resignation to the Divine Will (1675)
- Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington 2 vols. (1847–86, Chetham Society) editor James CrossleyJames Crossley (author)James Crossley was an English author, bibliophile and literary scholar. By profession he was a lawyer.-Life:He was born in Halifax, and moved to Manchester in 1816...