- Thomas Gataker
Thomas Gataker (September, 1574 - July, 1654) was an English clergyman and theologian.
Life
He was born in
London and educated atSt John's College, Cambridge . From 1601 to 1611 be held the appointment of preacher to the society ofLincoln's Inn , which he resigned on accepting the rectory ofRotherhithe . In 1642 he was chosen a member of the assembly of divines atWestminster , and annotated for that assembly the books ofIsaiah , Jeremiah andLamentations .He disapproved of the introduction of the Covenant and declared himself in favour of
episcopacy . He was one of the forty-seven London clergymen who disapproved of the trial of Charles I.He engaged in a public controversy with the astrologer
William Lilly , who had mentioned Gataker in analmanac . [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45390] , which has some further biographical details.] He was married four times.Works
His principal works, besides some volumes of sermons, are:
*"Of the Nature and Use of Lots " (1619), a curious treatise which led to his being accused of favouring games of chance. 2nd edition in 1627, with refutation of Balmford's criticism. Edited and Re-published in 2008 as "The Nature and Uses of Lotteries [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1845401174] Conall Boyle (ed.) [http://www.conallboyle.com] ] Imprint Academic [http://www.imprint.co.uk/] .
*"Dissertatio de stylo Noel Testamenti " (1648)
*"Cinnus, alec Adversaria miscellanea, in quibus Sacrae Scriplurac primo, delude amorum scriptorum, locis aliquam multis mx reddilur " (1651), to which was afterwards subjoined "Adversaria Posthuma "
*an edition ofMarcus Antoninus (1652) [According to Hallam, is the "earliest edition of any classical writer published in England with original annotations," and, for the period at which it was written, possesses remarkable merit. ]His collected works were published in Utrecht in 1698.
Notes
References
*1911
External links
* [http://www.usask.ca/english/gataker/gat_bio.htm]
* [http://www.apuritansmind.com/MemoirsPuritans/MemoirsPuritansThomasGataker.htm]
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