Wilkinson, Henry (2), D.D
Wilkinson, Henry (1), D.D
an English clergyman, son of one of the same name, and known as Long Harry,was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, in 1609. He entered as commoner in Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1622, where he made great proficiency in his studies, became a noted tutor, master of the schools, and divinity reader; took orders in the Church of England about 1638, but was suspended from preaching because of views advanced in a sermon at St. Mary’s in September, 1640; was restored by the Long Parliament; removed to London, where he was made minister of St. Faith’s, under St. Paul’s, and appointed one of the Assembly of Divines; became rector of St. Dunstan’s-in-the-West in 1645; was appointed one of the six ministers to go to Oxford to establish Presbyterian forms and practices; became fellow of Magdalen College, a canon of Christ Church, and Margaret professor of divinity in 1652; was deprived at the Restoration; and died at Clapham in September, 1675. He published several Sermons preached before the Parliament. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Wilkinson, Henry (2), D.D
sometimes called Junior, but commonly known as Dean Harry, an English clergyman, cousin of Long Harry, was born at Adwick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1616. He began his education at a grammar- school in All-Saints’ parish, Oxford; entered a commoner of Magdalen Hall in 1631, where he graduated, took holy orders, became a noted tutor, and moderator or dean of Magdalen Hall; left the university on account of his Puritan principles in 1642; removed to London, took the Covenant, and preached frequently; under the supremacy of Parliament he returned to Oxford, and became principal of Magdalen Hall and moral-philosophy reader, and suffered for Nonconformity after the Restoration while endeavoring to preach at Buckminster, Leicestershire; Gosfield, Essex; Sible – Headingham; and lastly at Connard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, where he died, May 13, 1690. He was the author of Conciones Tres (1654): Three Decades of Sermons (1660): Catalogus Librorium in Bibliotheca Anlce Magdalence (1661): Two Treatises (1681): and other works.