Samuel Lisle
Samuel Lisle | |
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| Bishop of Norwich | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
| In office | 1748–1749 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Gooch |
| Successor | Thomas Hayter |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of St Asaph (1743–1748) |
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| Born | 1683 |
| Died | 3 October 1749 (aged 66) London |
| Buried | St Mary the Virgin, Northolt |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Samuel Lisle FRS (1683 – 3 October 1749) was an English academic and bishop.
Life
[edit]Lisle was born in Blandford, Dorset. He graduated M.A. at Wadham College, Oxford, in 1706,[1] and was ordained in 1707.[2]
He was chaplain to the Levant Company from 1710 to 1719. On his return he advocated for a better Bible translation in Arabic.[3] He was rector of Tooting in 1720. He became Archdeacon of Canterbury in 1724 and Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1739. He was also rector of St Mary-le-Bow, from 1721 to 1744; and rector of Northall, from 1729. He was Bishop of St Asaph, in 1744, and the bishop of Norwich, in 1748.[2][4][5][6]
He died in London and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Northolt, Middlesex.
Works
[edit]He collected inscriptions during his Levant chaplaincy, and they were printed in the Antiquitates Asiaticae of Edmund Chishull (1728).[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lee-Llewellin
- ^ a b c Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "Extract of Several Letters Relating to the Great Charity and Usefulness of Printing the New Testament and Psalter in the Arabick Language (1725)".
- ^ "Tooting | British History Online".
- ^ "St Mary le Bow Church, London".
- ^ "Northall (Northolt) | British History Online".
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