The Moyer Lectures were an annual series of theological lectures delivered in London from 1719 to 1774, designed to support the orthodox interpretation of the Christian Trinity.
The initial lecturer was
Daniel Waterland
Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 March 1683 – 23 December 1740) was an English theologian. He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1714, Chancellor of the Diocese of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.
Waterland opposed ...
, who had much to do with the selection of lecturers in the early years. The series was endowed by the 1723 will of Rebecca Moyer, widow of the merchant Sir Samuel Moyer.
The final lecture series was given by
Thomas Morell
Thomas Morell (; 18 March 1703 – 19 February 1784) was an English librettist, classical scholar, and printer. At this point Lady Moyer's heirs exercised their option to discontinue the series.
Lecturers
*1719
Daniel Waterland
Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 March 1683 – 23 December 1740) was an English theologian. He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1714, Chancellor of the Diocese of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.
Waterland opposed ...
*1720 James Knight
*1721
William Lupton
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...
*1722
Edmund Chishull
Edmund Chishull (1671–1733) was an English clergyman and antiquary.
Life
He was son of Paul Chishull, and was born at Eyworth, Bedfordshire, 22 March 1670–1.
He was a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1687, where he graduated B.A. i ...
*1723
William Berriman
William Berriman D.D. (1688–1750) was an English theologian, known as a Boyle Lecturer and controversialist.
Life
The son of John Berriman, apothecary in Bishopsgate Street, London, in the parish of St. Ethelburga, by Mary, daughter of William ...
*1724 Thomas Bishop
*1725 Andrew Trebeck
*1726 Alexander Innis
*1727 Philip Gretton
*1728
Henry Felton
Henry Felton D.D. (1679–1740) was an English clergyman and academic.
Life
Felton was born in the London parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields on 3 February 1679. His earliest education was at Cheney's School in Buckinghamshire; he moved to Westmi ...
*1729
Joseph Trapp
Joseph Trapp (1679–1747) was an English clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer. His production as a younger man of occasional verse (some anonymous, or in Latin) and dramas led to his appointment as the first Oxford Professor of Poetry in 1 ...
*1730 John Brown
*1731 John Hay
*1732
Jeremiah Seed
Jeremiah Seed (1700–1747) was an English clergyman and academic.
Life
His father was Jeremiah Seed, who graduated B.A. from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1682, and was rector of Clifton, Westmoreland, from 1707 until his death in 1722. Jeremiah ...
*1733 Charles Wheatly
*1734 Theodore Waterland
*1735 Edward Underhill
*1736 Valentine Haywood
*1737
John Berriman
John Berriman (1691–1768) was an English clergyman and poet.
Life
He was the son of John Berriman, a London apothecary, and brother of William Berriman. He was a member of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he matriculated 11 May 1714, proceeding B ...
*1738
Leonard Twells
Leonard Twells (1684?–1742) was an English cleric and theological writer.
Life
His father John was Master of Newark School. He received his education at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1704.
In 1722 Twells was presented to ...
Benjamin Dawson
Benjamin Dawson (1729–1814) was an English minister, initially Presbyterian but then Anglican, and linguist.
Life
The sixth son of Eli Dawson, Presbyterian minister, and brother of the scholar Abraham Dawson, he was born at Halifax. In 1746 ...
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Peter Newcome
Peter Newcome (1715–1779) was an English educator and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Life
He was the son of Henry Newcome LL.D. of Hackney (died 1756) and Lydia Morland. His father established Newcome's School there, a noted private academy. Rich ...