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Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, Ll.d.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a clergyman of the Church of England, was born at Rainham, in Norfolk, June 8,1759. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; ordained deacon in 1785, and priest the following year; became perpetual curate of Holme, Lancashire, in 1797; vicar of Whalley in 1809.; held for some time the vicarage of Heysham; became vicar of Blackburn in 1818, and remained there until his death, which occurred Dec. 18, 1821. He published A History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, in the Counties of Lancaster and York. (1801): History of the Deanery of Craven (1805): — De Motu per Britanniam Civico Annis 1745 et 1746 (1809): — The Life and Original Correspondence of Sir George Radcliffe (1810): — an edition of The Vision of Piers Plowman (eod.): — a new edition of Thoresby's Ducatus Leodinensis; or, The Topography (of Leeds',(1816): — Loidis and Aimete; or, An Attempt to Illustrate the Districts Described in these Words by Bede (1816): — besides single sermons and other works.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, Ll.d.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/whitaker-thomas-dunham-lld.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.