WILLIAM SHERLOCK BIOGRAPHY

SHERLOCK, WILLIAM (1641?-1707). —Divine and controversialist, born at Southwark, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders, and became in 1684 Master of the Temple, and in 1691 Dean of St. Paul's. He exercised a powerful influence in the Church. His most popular work was his Discourse concerning Death , and his principal controversial effort was his Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity . Other works were on Future Judgment and on The Divine Providence . His son, THOMAS SHERLOCK (1678-1761), who was also Master of the Temple, became Bishop successively of Bangor, Salisbury, and London, and was, like his f. , a noted controversialist. His best known work is his Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus (1729).