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| 1635 births | |
| stillingfleet, edward | |
| 1699 deaths | |
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He was born in Cranbourne , Dorset , and educated at Cambridge . He entered the Church, and held many Preferment s, including a Royal Chaplaincy , the Deanery Of St Paul's ( 1678 ), and the Bishopric Of Worcester ( 1689 ). He was a frequent speaker in the House Of Lords , and had considerable influence as a Churchman. A keen controversialist, he wrote many treatises, including ''The Irenicum'' (advocating compromise with the Presbyterians ), ''Antiquities of the British Churches'', and ''The Unreasonableness of Separation''. Stillingfleet was a good and honest man and had the respect of his strongest opponents. Stillingfleet was a scholarly man and at his death left a library of some 10,000 books, which was purchased by Narcissus Marsh and is today housed in Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Ireland. |
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