Daniel Waterland
Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 February 1683, Walesby, Lincolnshire – 1740) was an English theologian.
Daniel Waterland was born at Walesby Rectory, Lincolnshire, England, and educated in Lincoln and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1703 and MA in 1706.[1] He took orders, and obtained various preferments, becoming Master of Magdalene College in 1714, Chancellor of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.[1]
He was an acute and able controversialist on behalf of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, on which he wrote several treatises. He was also the author of a History of the Athanasian Creed (1724).
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- A critical history of the Athanasian creed : representing the opinions of antients and moderns concerning it : with an account of the manuscripts, versions, and comments, and such other particulars as are of moment for the determining the age, and author, and value of it, and the time of its reception in the Christian churches, 1724
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- ^ a b Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Waterland, Daniel". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.
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| Preceded by Gabriel Quadring |
Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge 1713–1740 |
Succeeded by Edward Abbott |
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