Conyers Middleton

Conyers Middleton (* December 27 1683 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England; † July 28, 1750 in Hildersham in Cambridge ) was an English clergyman and author of the early 18th century.

Life

Middleton attended school in York and attended the winter semester 1698/1689 Trinity College in Cambridge. He was the son of the minister William Middleton, who worked in Hinderwell, North Riding, Yorkshire. At Cambridge he was in 1703 Bachelor of Arts ( BA), and graduated in 1706 with a Master of Arts (MA ) from. In the same year he received a scholarship ( Fellowship ) at the University of Cambridge. This was followed in 1707 was appointed deacon in Ely and the appointment of a priest on 29 February 1709. 1717 he renounced his scholarship at Cambridge, and married. In the same year he became Doctor of Divinity (DD).

In the years 1721 - 1750 Middleton was librarian at Cambridge and from 1725 to his death he was Rector of the Church in Coveney Cambridgeshire. In the years 1732-1734 he was Professor of Geology at Cambridge Woodwardian. His third marriage concluded Middleton on June 5, 1747 in Petersham, Surrey.

Middleton was a mighty author, who grappled with leading theological currents in the England of his time. His work as a librarian and his work on the life of Cicero were also controversial. His work Life of Cicero from 1741 was reviled as plagiarism.

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