Thomas Edwards,

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(died 4 July 1842) was an English clergyman.

Life

Edwards was the son of Thomas Edwards. He graduated

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in 1782 from

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. In 1783 he became a fellow of

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, taking his LL.D. degree there in 1787. He was made vicar of

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in Cambridgeshire that year 1787, and was vicar of

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from 1789 to 1808. Edwards published various sermons as well as the works listed below. N. Nisbett, rector of Tunstall, made several attacks upon Edwards's biblical criticisms.

Works

* (ed.) ''De Educatione Liberorum'', by

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, with notes, 1791, 8vo. * ''A Discourse on the Limits and Importance of Free Inquiry in matters of Religion'', Butt, 1792, 8vo. * ''Remarks on Dr. Kipling s Preface to Beza'', part i. 1793, 8vo. * ''Criticisms relating to the Dead'', London, 1810, 8vo.

References

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