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Cambridge Platonists, The

A party of religious thinkers at Cambridge who were opposed to the party of William Laud at Oxford. Its chief representatives were Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683), provost of King‘s College (1644-60), Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688), Regius Professor of Hebrew (1645-88), Henry More (1614-1687) of Christ‘s College, Nathanael Culverwel (d. 1651?), Fellow of Emmanuel College, and George Rust (d. 1670), Fellow of Christ‘s College (1649-59).

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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