Whittaker, John William, Dd

Whittaker, John William, D.D.

an English divine, was born at Manchester in 1790. He was educated at St. John's College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow; was made vicar Of St. Mary's, Blackburn, and in 1852 honorary canon of Manchester. He died Aug. 3,1854. He published, An Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures (1819): Supplement to the same (1820): — Justification by Faith: Five Sermons, etc. (1825): — The Catholic Church: Five Sermons (1835): — and other sermons and papers.