William Wollaston
English philosopher (1659-1724) · Academics · Died at 65
William Wollaston was an English school teacher, Church of England priest, scholar of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, theologian, and a major Enlightenment era English philosopher. He is remembered today for one book, which he completed two years before his death: The Religion of Nature Delineated.
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He led a cloistered life, but in terms of eighteenth-century philosophy and the concept of natural religion, he is ranked with British Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1659 to 1724 · aged 65
