Henry Wharton
Henry Wharton | |
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Born | 9 November 1664 |
Died | 5 March 1695 (aged 30) |
Henry Wharton (9 November 1664 – 5 March 1695) was an English writer and librarian.
Life
Wharton was descended from Thomas, 2nd Baron Wharton (1520–1572), being a son of the Rev. Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worstead, Norfolk. Born at Worstead, he was educated by his father, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[1] Both his industry and his talents were exceptional, and his university career was brilliant. In 1686 he entered the service of the ecclesiastical historian, the Rev. William Cave (1637–1713), whom he helped in his literary work; but considering that his assistance was not sufficiently appreciated he soon forsook this employment.[2]
In 1687 he was ordained deacon, and in 1688 he made the acquaintance of the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, under whose generous patronage some of his literary work was done. The archbishop, who had a very high opinion of Wharton's character and talents, made him one of his chaplains, and presented him to the Kentish living of Sundridge, and afterwards to that of Chartham in the same county.[2]
In 1689 he took the oath of allegiance to
Works
Wharton's major work is his Anglia Sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691. Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers.[2] These include Stephen Birchington's Vitae Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium.[3]
His other writings, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, include A Treatise of the Celibacy of the Clergy (1688); The Enthusiasm of the
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References
- ^ "Wharton, Henry (WHRN679H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Hunt, William (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 05. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Sources
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wharton, Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 575. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Okie, Laird. "Wharton, Henry (1664–1695)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29167. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)