Background
He was born onon the 9th of November 1664, and was a son of the Rev. Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worsiead, Norfolk.
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Henry Wharton
Henry Wharton was an English writer and librarian.
Education
Wharton was educated by his father, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Both his industry and his talents were exceptional, and his university career was brilliant.
Career
In 1686 he entered the service of the ecclesiastical historian, the Rev. William Cave (1637 - 1713), whom he helped in his literary work; but considering that his assistance was not sufficiently appreciated he soon forsook this employment.
In 1687 he was ordained deacon, and in 1688 he made the acquaintance of the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, under whose generous patronage some of his literary work was done.
The archbishop, who had a very high opinion of Wharton's character and talents, made him one of his chaplains, and presented him to the Kentish living of Sundridge, and afterwards to that of Chartham in the same county.
In 1689 he took the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, but he wrote a severe criticism of Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation, and it was partly owing to the bishop's hostility that he did not obtain further preferment in the English church.
He died in 1695, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Achievements
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Wharton's most valuable work is his Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691.
Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers. Hie other writings include, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, A treatise of the celibacy of the clergy (1688); The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome demonstrated in some observations upon the life of Ignatius Loyola (1688); and A defence of pluralities (1692, new ed. 1703).
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A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to Trustees, Their Powers, Duties, Privileges and Liabilities
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Personality
Quotes from others about the person
In the Lambeth Library there are sixteen volumes of Wharton's manuscripts. Describing him as " this wonderful man, " Stubbs says that Wharton did for the elucidation of English Church history " more than any one before or since. "
Connections
- ancestor:
- Thomas Wharton
- Acquaintance:
- William Sancroft
2nd Baron
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Born
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Died
March 5, 1695 (aged 31) -
Resting place
Westminster Abbey, London, England -
Nationality
British -
Ethnicity
Official Titles
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Baron