William King (archbishop)

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William King, D.D. (1650-1729) was an Anglican divine in Ireland, who was Archbishop of Dublin from 1702 to 1729. He was also well known as an author and for his support of the Glorious Revolution.

William was born in May of 1650 in County Antrim and was educated at Trinity College at Dublin. He was ordained in 1679, became the bishop of Derry in 1691. He died in May of 1729.

As a man of letters his best known works were "The State of the Protestants in Ireland under King James's Government" from 1691 and "De Origine Mali" in 1702. He established a lectureship in divinity at Trinity College in 1718, and the post still carries his name. Much of his correspondence survives and provides a key historic resource for the study of the Ireland of his time.

[edit] Additional reading

C. S. King, ed. "A great Archbishop of Dublin, William King, D.D., 1650-1729: His autobiography, family, and a selection from his correspondence."; 1906, Longman,Green.

Philip O'Regan; "Archbishop William King, 1650-1729 and the Constitution in Church and State"; 2000, Four Courts Press, ISBN 1-85182-464-2.

Robert S. Matteson, A large private park: the collection of Archbishop William King 1650–1729. Cambridge: LP Publications, 2003. (Libri Pertinentes, no. 7) 2 vols ISBN 0-9518811-6-7; co-published with Tempe (Arizona): Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2003. ISBN 0-86698-304-X