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... Oxford , and after a rapid attainment of academical honours , was elected master of University college , and three times vice - chancellor of the University ; having in the mean time received the prefer- ment of dean of Winchester . His ...
... Oxford , and after a rapid attainment of academical honours , was elected master of University college , and three times vice - chancellor of the University ; having in the mean time received the prefer- ment of dean of Winchester . His ...
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... Oxford , " quence of being appointed extraordinary pro- 1598 , 4to .; " Exposition of the Prophet Jo - fessor of philosophy , relinquished the study of nah , " 4to . 1600 ; " A Erief Description of divinity , for which he had been ...
... Oxford , " quence of being appointed extraordinary pro- 1598 , 4to .; " Exposition of the Prophet Jo - fessor of philosophy , relinquished the study of nah , " 4to . 1600 ; " A Erief Description of divinity , for which he had been ...
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... Ŏxford , 1725 ; and the late professor White , in his edition of Pococke's " Specimen Historia Arabum , " Oxford , 1806 , gives like- wise several chapters from Abulfeda . - Moreri . Un . Hist . Dict . tise , " De Præstantiâ Virorum sui ...
... Ŏxford , 1725 ; and the late professor White , in his edition of Pococke's " Specimen Historia Arabum , " Oxford , 1806 , gives like- wise several chapters from Abulfeda . - Moreri . Un . Hist . Dict . tise , " De Præstantiâ Virorum sui ...
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... Oxford , where he soon became distinguished for the ardour with which he cultivated classical literature , and for his skill in Latin poetry . His poems in the latter language he appears to have highly valued , as he himself collected ...
... Oxford , where he soon became distinguished for the ardour with which he cultivated classical literature , and for his skill in Latin poetry . His poems in the latter language he appears to have highly valued , as he himself collected ...
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... Oxford , in which university he was a member , first of Lincoln , afterwards of Corpus Christi college . - Biog . Brit . ALLEN ( THOMAS ) an eminent scholar of the reign of Elizabeth , considered the first ma- thematician of his day ...
... Oxford , in which university he was a member , first of Lincoln , afterwards of Corpus Christi college . - Biog . Brit . ALLEN ( THOMAS ) an eminent scholar of the reign of Elizabeth , considered the first ma- thematician of his day ...
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