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Zachary Pearce, sometimes known as Zachariah (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton,〔Christopher Ricks, ''Milton's Grand Style'', p. 9.〕 attacking Richard Bentley's 1732 edition of ''Paradise Lost'' the following year. ==Life== Pearce was born the son of Thomas or John Pearce, a distiller, in 1690 in the parish of St Giles, High Holborn. He first attended Great Ealing School. and then Westminster School. He graduated BA from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1713/4 and MA in 1717. He was Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1716–1720) 〔''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''〕 and chaplain to the Lord Chancellor, Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield. Parker became his patron, to whom Pearce dedicated an edition of the ''de oratore'' of Cicero. He became rector of Stapleford Abbots, Essex (1719–1722) and St Batholemew, Royal Exchange (1720–1724) He was vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, in 1726.〔(St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square ). Westminster.lovesguide.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-15.〕 He was then Dean of Winchester in 1739, Bishop of Bangor in 1748, and Bishop of Rochester in 1756. In 1761 he turned down the position of bishop of London.〔 He was Dean of Westminster (1756–1768). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1720. Towards the end of Isaac Newton's life, Pearce assisted him on chronology〔(Academy Thomas Anson New ). Shugborough.org.uk. Retrieved on 2012-06-15.〕 There is a monument to Pearce in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Bromley.〔(Bromley ). British-history.ac.uk (2003-06-22). Retrieved on 2012-06-15.〕 He had married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Adams, a distiller, of Holborn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zachary Pearce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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