Whichcote, Benjamin, Cambridge Platonist, born in Shropshire; was a Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College; was distinguished for his personal influence over his pupils, many of them eminent men; he gave a philosophical turn to their theological opinions (1609‒1683).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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