Whately, Richard, 1787-1863

Richard Whately was born in London on February 1, 1787, the youngest of nine children of the Reverend Joseph and Jane Whately. He attended Oriel College, Oxford, where he received the B.A. in 1808. Whately was elected as a fellow at Oriel in 1811, and took the M.A. in 1812. He was a member of the Oxford circle which found fault with the traditional tenets of the Anglican Church. In 1814 he became an Anglican minister. Whately married Elizabeth Pope on July 18, 1821. In 1825 Whately took the degrees of B.D. and D.D. He was appointed principal of St. Alban Hall at Oxford that same year. John Henry Newman (MSS 100) became his vice principal and was influenced by Whately's anti-Erastianism. The two disagreed over the Oxford Movement, however, and Whately criticized Newman's Tract 90. Whately was elected to a professorship of political economy at Oxford in 1829. He remained in this post until 1831 when he was appointed archbishop of Dublin on October 23. In November of that same year, he was appointed to head the commission of "united national education." He collaborated with the Catholic archbishop, Daniel Murray (MSS 097) in an experiment to produce a religion course for the national schools that would accomodate both Anglicans and Catholics. After a prolonged illness Richard Whately died in Dublin on October 1, 1863.

From the description of Richard Whately letter, 1831 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552446

Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland.

From the description of Letter, 1831. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38991292