Charles Daubuz or Charles Daubus (1673–1717), was a

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clergyman and theologian. Daubuz was a French

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, who became

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. In his youth, he removed to England on the revocation of the

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(1685). He was the author of a few theological works, most notably of ''A Perpetual Commentary on the Revelation of St. John'' (1720), which is much esteemed. He died on 14 June 1717. Daubuz was born in the Province of Guienne in France. His only surviving parent, Julia Daubuz, who was

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, was driven from her native country in 1686 by relentless persecution that preceded the revocation of the edict of Nantes. She and her family found asylum in England where they were free to exercise their religion. Daubuz was admitted a Sizer of Queen’s College, in the

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on 10 January 1689. In 1693, he obtained his first degree in Arts, on 13 January, then was appointed librarian of his college, that same year, on 21 March. In 1696, Daubuz succeeded Thomas Balguy, as

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of the Grammar-school of

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. Charles Daubuz was the early tutor of John Balguy. In 1699, Daubuz was presented by the dean and chapter of

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to the

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, a small village near

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, in the

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. His yearly salary as vicar was that of sixty or seventy pounds. The same year, he received his

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degree on 2 July. Daubuz died on 14 June 1717. His remains were interred in the churchyard of Brotherton, at the east end of the church, headed by a marble slab erected in his memory. Eight children survived him, the eldest being almost fourteen years old. Daubuz possessed three gold coins from

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that were found in the wall of his vicarage house.

Theological works

Daubuz held the traditional

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view of ''The Apocalypse'' in which the events of ''Revelation'' partially correspond to historical events that occurred during the lifetime of the author of ''Revelation'' to the age of

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. Some of his works include: * ''A Symbolical Dictionary of the Prophetic Symbols'' (Copy 1842) * ''A Perpetual Commentary on the Revelation of St. John'' (1720) * ''Pro Testimonio Flavii Josephi de Jesu Christo'', Vol. I & II (1706)

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