economist logician rhetorician theologian
In 1825 he published a series of Essays on Some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion, followed in 1828 by a second series On some of the Difficulties in the Writings of St Paul, and in 1830 by a third On the Errors of Romanism traced to their Origin in Human Nature.
Historic doubts relative to Napoleon Buonaparte [Paperback]
Miscellaneous Lectures And Reviews By Richard Whately [Hardcover]
Elements of Logic
Elements of Rhetoric
Essays on Some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion"
On some of the Difficulties in the Writings of St Paul
On the Errors of Romanism traced to their Origin in Human Nature
A view of the Scripture revelations concerning a future state - lectures advancing belief in Christian mortalism
Thoughts on the Sabbath
Charges and Tracts
The Kingdom of Chris
His scheme of religious instruction for Protestants and Catholics alike was carried out for a number of years, but in 1852 it broke down owing to the opposition of the new Catholic archbishop of Dublin, and Whately felt himself constrained to withdraw from the Education Board.
He was the youngest brother of the politician Thomas Whately. He was vicar of Widford, Hertfordshire, from 1768 to 1790, and prebendary of Bristol Cathedral from 1793 to 1797. He was also a lecturer at Gresham College. Whately received the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford University on 9 July 1793.
He changed his surname in 1805.
Thomas married Isabella Sophia, daughter of Sir William Weller Pepys.
Richard Whately was initially on friendly terms with John Henry Newman, but they fell out as the divergence in their views became apparent; Newman later spoke of his Catholic University as continuing in Dublin the struggle against Whately which he had commenced at Oxford.
