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Butler, Joseph
Born: 1692 AD
Died: 1752 AD, at 60 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Bishops, Theologian
Died: 1752 AD, at 60 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Bishops, Theologian
1692 - Born in Wantage on the 18th of May.
1714 - He decided to enter the Church of England, and went to Oxford. After holding various other preferments, he became rector of the rich living of Stanhope.
1736 - He was made the head chaplain of King George II's wife Caroline, on the advice of Lancelot Blackburne.
1738 - He was appointed bishop of Bristol.
1738 - He was appointed bishop of Bristol. He is said to have declined an offer to become the archbishop of Canterbury.
1750 - He became Bishop of Durham.
1726-1736 - He is most famous for his Fifteen Sermons on Human Nature and Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed.
1752 - Died on the 16th of June in Bath, Somerset.
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Field Guide to American Antique Furniture: A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture by Joseph T. Butler (Paperback - Nov 15, 1986) With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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American Antiques 1800-1900 by Joseph T. Butler (Hardcover - Jul 21, 1965) |
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Candleholders in America, 1650-1900;: A comprehensive collection of American and European candle fixtures used in America by Joseph T Butler (Hardcover - Jul 21, 1967) |
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Field Guide to American Antique Furniture (A Roundtable Press Book) by Joseph T. Butler and Ray Skibinski (Hardcover - May 21, 1985) |
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