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William Wake (26 January 1657 – 24 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 to his death. Life Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador; Richard Graham, Viscount Preston (1648–1695). There, he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs. He also collated some Paris manuscripts of the Greek New Testament for John Fell, bishop of Oxford.He returned to England in 1685. In 1688, he became preacher at Gray's Inn, and in 1689, he received a canonry of Christ Church, Oxford. In 1693, he was appointed rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly. Ten years later, he became Dean of Exeter, and in 1705, he was consecrated bishop of Lincoln. He was translated to the see of Canterbury in 1716 on the death of Thomas Tenison. Tenison had been his mentor and was responsible for his obtaining his bishopric despite the notable reluctance of Queen Anne, who regarded the appointment of bishops as her prerogative and distrusted Tenison's judgment.In 1718, he negotiated with leading French churchmen about a projected union of the Gallican and English churches to resist the claims of Rome. In dealing with Nonconformism, he was tolerant and even advocated a revision of the Book of Common Prayer if that would allay the scruples of dissenters.His writings are numerous, the chief being his State of the Church and Clergy of England... historically deduced (London, 1703). In those writings, he produced a massive defence of Anglican Orders and again disproved the Nag's Head Fable by citing a number of documentary sources. The work was written in part as a refutation of the arguments of the "high church" opposition to the perceived Erastian policies of King William and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison. He died at his official home, Lambeth Palace.He was grandfather of the noted English geologist Etheldred Benett. He was buried in Croydon Minster, in Surrey. Collections Wake bequeathed his collections of printed books, manuscripts and coins to Christ Church. The manuscript volumes include 31 bound volumes of Wake's correspondence.To the collection of manuscripts belonged minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament: 73, 74, 506-520. These manuscripts came from Constantinople to England about 1731. Notes References This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wake, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 247–248. "Wake, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.External links Works by William Wake at Project Gutenberg Works by or about William Wake at Internet Archive Works by William Wake at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) . Discover the William Wake popular books. Find the top 100 most popular William Wake books.
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Crimson Waters
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ
William WakeTo uphold the "right of private judgment," and our "Christian liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free;" to add fuel to the fire of investigation, and in the crucible of deep inq...
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
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Sound Bites
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The Confidence-man
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Wake Wood
KA JohnThe dead should never be wokenStill grieving after the death of their young daughter Alice in a frenzied dog attack, Patrick and Louise Daley leave the city to try and find some pe...
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The Invisible Hand
Adam SmithAdam Smith’s landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that selfinterest will ev...
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William Wakes Up
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Indianapolis
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The Golden Age of Piracy
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Forbidden books of the original New Testament
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Sons and Lovers
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