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William Warburton (1698–1779)
Warburton, William. An English author; born at Newark-upon-Trent, Dec. 24, 1698; died on June 7, 1779. He became bishop of Gloucester. His defense of Pope’s ‘Essay on Man’ against the charge of atheism won the gratitude of the poet, who made the bishop his literary executor. Warburton thereupon brought out an edition of Pope (1751). He published: ‘Miscellaneous Translations in Prose and Verse’ (1723); ‘An Inquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles’ (1727); ‘Alliance between Church and State’ (1736); ‘Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principles of a Religious. Deist,’ an edition of Shakespeare (very poor, 1747); ‘Julian; or, A Discourse Concerning the Earthquake and Fiery Eruption which Defeated the Emperor’s Attempt to Rebuild the Temple at Jerusalem’ (1750); ‘View of Bolingbroke’s Posthumous Writings’ (1754); and ‘The Doctrine of Grace’ (1762).