Blake, William (4)
Blake, William (1)
an English painter and de-signer, was born Nov. 28, 1757, studied under Bazire, Flaxman and Fuseli, and died Aug. 12, 1828. His genius was undoubted, but his mind was ill-balanced; and in his illustrations of Young’s Night Thoughts, Jerusalem, Blair’s Grave, and the Book of Job, we are sometimes surprised by the invention and sublimity displayed by the artist. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
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Blake, William (2)
an English Baptist minister, was born at Chippenham, July 5, 1786. He was converted when young, and for a time was a book-keeper in a large factory at Bradford-on-Avon. He began to preach near his native place, and his only pastorate was at Broughton Gifford, where he remained forty-two years, and died Feb. 23, 1869. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1870, p. 188. (J. C. S.)
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Blake, William (3)
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Stark, N. H., Nov. 30, 1811. He was; prayerful and thoughtful from childhood, but made no profession of religion until 1833; received an exhorter’s, license soon after, and in 1837 joined the New Hampshire conference. In 1847, in consequence of excessive labors during a revival service, his health failed, and he was compelled to retire from the effective ranks. He died March 24, 1851. Mr. Blake was energetic and faithful, and possessed fair preaching abilities. See. Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1851, p. 596.
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Blake, William (4)
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Prince Edward County, Va., Feb. 9,. 1819. He removed to Ohio in 1834, to Indiana in. 1840, and was a student at Asbury University, Indiana, from 1846 to 1848; was received into the North Indiana Conference in 1850; became superannuated at Greencastle in 1867; was made effective in 1871, and was transferred to Northwest Indiana Conference in 1876; took a supernumerary relation in 1878, and died at Greencastle, Ind., May 3, 1880. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1880, p. 208.