Evidences of christianity william paley biography
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Paley, William
(b. Peterborough, England, July 1743; d. Lincoln, England, 25 May 1805)
natural theology.
Paley was the eldest son of Elizabeth and William Paley.
Evidences of christianity william paley biography
His father, a graduate of Christ’s College, Cambridge, was a vicar and minor canon of the Church of England, and was headmaster of the grammar school at Giggleswick. Paley was educated at his father’s school and entered Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1759, receiving his B.
A. in January 1763. Following graduation he began to teach at an academy in Greenwich, but in June 1766 he was elected a fellow of his college and returned to Cambridge. Paley’s last formal connection with Christ’s College was as tutor from 1771 to 1774.
While an undergraduate, Paley had shown promise in mathematics; he continued his interest in that field during his tenure as tutor, when he corrected the proofs of Miscellanea analytica, written by Edward Waring, the Lucasian professor of mathematics.
Paley had been ordained a deacon in the