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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whately, Richard, 1787-1863 NRA: Whately Richard (1787-1863) Archbishop of Dublin DNB: Whately, Richard (1787-1863), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin and philosopher LBT ID: RiWhate1863 VIAF ID: 22950329 LOC ID: n81033513 | B/BAP: 1787-02-01 DIED: 1863-10-08 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
The nephew of the Shakespeare critic Thomas Whately (d. 1772); he was educated at Oriel
College, Oxford where he was professor of political economy (1829-31) and was archbishop of
Dublin (1831-63). A prolific writer, he offered a rationalist defense of
Anglicanism. | |
