Richard Whately
British rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian (1787-1863) · Academics · Died at 76
Richard Whately was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
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![The monument dedicated to Whately in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, sculpted by Thomas Farrell[16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Dublin_St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_South_Transept_West_Aisle_Monument_Dedicated_to_Archbishop_Richard_Whately_II_2012_09_26.jpg/1280px-Dublin_St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_South_Transept_West_Aisle_Monument_Dedicated_to_Archbishop_Richard_Whately_II_2012_09_26.jpg)
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He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen.
