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Law, William
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Author of "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life," born at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, son of a grocer; entered Cambridge in 1705; became a Fellow, and took orders in 1711; became associated with the family of the elder Gibbon, father of the historian, in 1727, and spent ten years with them as tutor, friend, and spiritual director; in 1740 he retired to Kingscliffe, where he spent the remainder of his life in seclusion, shared by Miss Hester Gibbon, the historian's aunt, and Mrs. Hutcheson, a widow of means, occupying themselves much with charitable schemes; Law was an able theologian and dialectician, and an exponent of German mysticism; his writings contributed greatly to the evangelical revival (1686-1761).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Law, William'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/law-william.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Law, William'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/law-william.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
