Weston, Stephen (2)
Weston, Stephen (1)
an English prelate, was born at Farnborough, Berkshire, in 1665. He was educated at Eton and at King’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1686; became a fellow of both colleges; was for some time assistant and then under-master of Eton School; became vicar of Maple-Durham, Oxfordshire; was collated to a stall in Elv in 1715; became archdeacon of Cornwall; was consecrated bishop of Exeter Dec. 28, 1724; and died Jan. 16, 1741 or 1742. In 1749 two volumes of his Sermons appeared, published by bishop Sherlock.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Weston, Stephen (2)
an English clergyman and Oriental scholar, was born at Exeter in 1747. He was educated at Eton and at Exeter College, Oxford; became fellow of his college, took orders in the Church of England, held the living of Mamhead (1777-90), that of Hempston, Devonshire (1786-90), and afterwards devoted himself to Continental travel and literature, becoming distinguished as a classical and Oriental scholar. He died in London, Jan. 8, 1830. His published works include translations from the Chinese and Persian, Specimen of the Conformity of the European with the Oriental Languages (1802): Fragments of Oriental Literature (1807): Sunday Lessons throughout the Year (1808-9): Specimen of a Chinese Dictionary (1812):Annotations on Certain Passages in the Psalms, with Hebrew and Greek Titles (1824): besides several works on travel. See (Lond.) Gentleman’s Magazine, 1830, 1, 370.