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William Wotton (1666–1727) was an English cleric, scholar, and writer. He was educated at St John's College and St Catharine's College, where he earned a Doctor of Divinity degree. A member of the Royal Society, he received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society and is recognized in the Royal Society collection. His religious affiliation was Anglicanism.
Wotton was born in Wrentham and died in Buxted from edema. He authored twenty-two works, including *The omniscience of the Son of God, an undoubted argument of His divinity* and *Reflections upon ancient and modern learning*. Other notable publications include *A defense of The reflections upon ancient and modern learning*, *Additions to the second edition of Mr. Wotton's Reflections upon ancient and modern learning*, and *The case of the present convocation consider'd*. He is described in the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1666
- Died
- 1726
- Works
- 22
Top works
- The omniscience of the Son of God, an undoubted argument of His divinity
- Reflections upon ancient and modern learning
- A defense of The reflections upon ancient and modern learning
- Additions to the second edition of Mr. Wotton's Reflections upon ancient and modern learning
- The case of the present convocation consider'd
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Wrentham
- Place of death
- Buxted
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Divinity
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- date of birth
- 1666-08-13
- date of death
- 1727-02-13
- member of
- Royal Society
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- cause of death
- edema
- Commons category
- William Wotton
- P12749
- Julius Schreck
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to William Wotton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Reflections upon ancient, and Modern Learning
![The Rights of the Clergy in the Christian Church Asserted : In A Sermon Prrach'd[!] At Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks, September 2. 1706. At The Primary Visitation Of The Right Reverend Father in God, William Lord Bishop of Lincoln. In which the Principles of a late Book, Entituled, The Rights of the Christian Church asserted, are Examined](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10458550_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
The Rights of the Clergy in the Christian Church Asserted : In A Sermon Prrach'd[!] At Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks, September 2. 1706. At The Primary Visitation Of The Right Reverend Father in God, William Lord Bishop of Lincoln. In which the Principles of a late Book, Entituled, The Rights of the Christian Church asserted, are Examined