Richard Cumberland, bishop of Peterborough

(1632-1718)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cumberland, Richard, 1631-1718 DNB: Cumberland, Richard (1632–1718), bishop of Peterborough LBT ID: RiCumbe1718 VIAF ID: 17355767 LOC ID: n80097484	B/BAP: 1632-07-15 DIED: 1718-10-09
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Educated at St Paul's School and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he was author of De legibus naturae disquisitio philosophica (1671) and bishop of Peterborough (1691). The poet of the same name was his great-grandson.
REFERENCES TO Richard Cumberland, bishop of Peterborough: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXVI. 1800-1803 Found 1: ¶ n1