Thomas Edwards (1652–1721) was a Welsh
divine and orientalist.
Life
Edwards was born at
Llanllechid, near
Bangor,
Carnarvonshire
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, in 1652. He was educated at
St John's College, Cambridge
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, where he took the two degrees in arts, the B.A. in 1673, and the M.A. in 1677.
In the early part of his life he lived with Dr
Edmund Castell, and in 1685 he was engaged by Dr
John Fell,
dean of
Christ Church and
bishop of Oxford, to assist in the impression of the New Testament in Coptic, almost finished by Dr
Thomas Marshall. At the same time he became chaplain of Christ Church. He was presented to the rectory of
Aldwinckle All Saints, Northamptonshire, in 1707, and died in 1721.
Works
Edwards left a
Coptic
Coptic may refer to:
Afro-Asia
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* Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century
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lexicon ready for the press. He also published:
*''A Discourse against Extemporary Prayer'', 8vo, London, 1703.
Edmund Calamy referred to this book in support of his charge of apostasy against
Theophilus Dorrington
Theophilus Dorrington (1654–1715) was a Church of England clergyman. Initially a nonconforming minister, he settled at Wittersham
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(''Defence of Moderate Nonconformity'', 1703, pt. i. p. 257).
*''Diocesan Episcopacy proved from Holy Scripture; with a letter to Mr. Edmund Calamy in the room of a dedicatory epistle'', 8vo, London, 1705. (Edwards' reply to Calamy)
References
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1652 births
1721 deaths
British orientalists
People from Bangor, Gwynedd
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Welsh religious writers
17th-century Welsh writers
Welsh male non-fiction writers
18th-century Welsh writers
18th-century British male writers
17th-century Welsh Anglican priests
18th-century Welsh Anglican priests