Thomas Burgess (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Thomas Burgess |
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| Bishop of Salisbury | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Installed | 1803 |
| Predecessor | John Fisher |
| Successor | Edward Denison |
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| Born |
18 November 1756 Odiham |
| Died | 19 February 1837 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Education |
Robert May's School Winchester College |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Thomas Burgess (18 November 1756 – 19 February 1837) was an English author, philosopher, Bishop of St David's and Bishop of Salisbury.
He was born at Odiham in Hampshire and educated at Robert May's School, Odiham, Winchester College, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Before graduating, he edited a reprint of John Burton's Pentalogia. In 1781 he brought out an annotated edition of Richard Dawes's Miscellaneci Critica (reprinted, Leipzig, 1800). In 1783 he became a fellow of his college, and in 1785 was appointed chaplain to Shute Barrington, bishop of Salisbury. He moved with Barrington to Durham on the latter's appointment as bishop there in 1791, where he obtained a prebendal stall, holding in turn the 9th (1791-92), 6th (1792-1820) and 2nd (1820-1825) stalls.
In 1788 he published his Considerations on the Abolition of Slavery, in which he advocated the principle of gradual emancipation. In 1791 he accompanied Barrington to Durham, where he did evangelistic work among the poorer classes. In 1803 he was appointed to the vacant bishopric of St David's, which he held for over twenty years, in commendam with his prebendal stall in Durham. He founded the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in the diocese, and also St David's College (now the University of Wales, Lampeter), which he endowed, and to which his library was donated after his death.
In 1820 he was appointed first president of the recently founded Royal Society of Literature; and five years later he was promoted to the see of Salisbury, also resigning his stall in Durham. At Salisbury at St David's, he founded a Church Union Society for the assistance of infirm and distressed clergymen. He opposed both Unitarianism and Catholic Emancipation.
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