Thomas Wise (priest)
Encyclopedia
Thomas Wise D.D. was an eighteenth-century clergyman of the Church of England.
. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford
, where he was fellow 1694-1726.
He became rector of St Alphege, Canterbury (1709), vicar of Bekesbourne
(1711), Six Preacher
of Canterbury Cathedral (1711), prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral
(1720), and was chaplain to the Princess of Wales (1721) and the Duke of Ormonde.
's Intellectual System. In 1711 he published The Christian Eucharist Rightly Stated.
Life
He was born at Drayton, Vale of White Horse, the son of John Wise from Dorchester, OxfordshireDorchester, Oxfordshire
Dorchester-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the River Thame in Oxfordshire, about northwest of Wallingford and southeast of Oxford. Despite its name, Dorchester is not on the River Thames, but just above the Thame's confluence with it...
. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
, where he was fellow 1694-1726.
He became rector of St Alphege, Canterbury (1709), vicar of Bekesbourne
Bekesbourne
Bekesbourne is a village, within the civil parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.Situated approximately three miles south-east of the city boundary, the village has a church, St Peter's Parish Church which has a Norman doorway, a 13th century chancel...
(1711), Six Preacher
Six Preachers
The college of Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral was created by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer as part of the reorganisation of the monastic Christ Church Priory into the new secular Cathedral....
of Canterbury Cathedral (1711), prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Lincoln in England and seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 249 years . The central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt...
(1720), and was chaplain to the Princess of Wales (1721) and the Duke of Ormonde.
Works
In 1706 he published an abridgement of Ralph CudworthRalph Cudworth
Ralph Cudworth was an English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:Born at Aller, Somerset, he was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gaining his MA and becoming a Fellow of Emmanuel in 1639. In 1645, he became master of Clare Hall and professor of Hebrew...
's Intellectual System. In 1711 he published The Christian Eucharist Rightly Stated.