Thomas Mangey
Thomas Mangey (1688 – 6 March 1755) was an English clergyman and scholar, known for his edition of Philo.
Life
He was son of Arthur Mangey, a goldsmith of
In 1718 he resigned his fellowship. In 1719 or earlier he was chaplain to the
From 1717 to 1720 he was the Rector of
Works
His major work was his edition of Philo of Alexandria (Philo Judaeus), Philonis Judaei Opera . . . typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 2 vols. London, 1742. He also made collations of the text of the
His other printed works are mainly sermons, and polemical treatises against John Toland and William Whiston. One volume of collected sermons by him was published in 1732. His 'Remarks upon "Nazarenus," wherein the Falsity of Mr. Toland's Mahometan Gospel. &c., are set forth,' 1719, called forth more than one answer. Toland replied to it the year after in his Tetradymus. Another of his treatises, Plain Notions of our Lord's Divinity, also published in 1719, was answered the same year by 'Phileleutherus Cantabrigiensis,' i.e. Thomas Herne.
Family
He married Dorothy, daughter of
Notes
- ^ "Mangey, Thomas (MNGY704T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Mangey, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.