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David Williams

David Williams (1738 – 29 June 1816) was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund, of which he had been a proponent since 1773.[1] -Wikipedia

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Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period

Born Dec 1738
Died 29 Jun 1816

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  • Cover of: Lessons to a young prince by an old statesman, on the present disposition in Europe to a general revolution.
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    First published in 1790 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Royal recollections on a tour to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, and places adjacent, in the year 1788.
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  • Cover of: The history of Monmouthshire.: Illustrated and ornamented by views of its principal landscapes, ruins, and residences

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  • Cover of: Royal recollections on a tour to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, and places adjacent, in the year 1788

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  • Cover of: Lectures on political principles: the subjects of eighteen books, in Montesquieu's Spirit of laws. Read to students under the author's direction

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  • Cover of: A liturgy on the universal principles of religion and morality

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  • Cover of: Letters on Political Liberty. Addressed to a Member of the English House of Commons, on His Being Chosen Into the Committee of an Associating County

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  • Cover of: An Apology for Professing the Religion of Nature, in the Eighteenth Century of the Christian æra; Addressed to the Right Reverend Dr. Watson, Lord Bishop of Landaff. The Second Edition

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  • Cover of: Constitutional Doubts, Humbly Submitted to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on the Pretensions of the Two Houses of Parliament, to Appoint a Third Estate

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  • Cover of: Essays on Public Worship, Patriotism, and Projects of Reformation. with a Large Appendix... . the Second Edition

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  • Cover of: Royal Recollections on a Tour to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, and Places Adjacent, in the Year 1788

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  • Cover of: Lectures on the Universal Principles and Duties of Religion and Morality. as They Have Been Read in Margaret-Street, Cavendish-Square, in the Years 1776, and 1777. by the Rev. David Williams.

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  • Cover of: Leçons à un jeune prince, sur la disposition actuelle de l'Europe à une révolution générale. Cet ouvrage, adressé par son auteur au Prince de Galles, est traduit de l'anglais.

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  • Cover of: Illustrations of Maxims and Principles of Education, in the Second Book of Rousseau's Emile. in Four Letters to the Mother of a Young Family, Disposed to Adopt Them: But Embarrassed by Difficulties in the Execution

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  • Cover of: Incidents in my own life which have been thought of some importance

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Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period

Born Dec 1738
Died 29 Jun 1816

Subjects

Politics and government, Political science, Early works to 1800, Description and travel, History, Constitutions, Biography, Constitutional law, Great Britain, Great Britain. Parliament, Liberty, Protestant Association (London, England), Bible, British Library, Catholic emancipation, Church and state, Constitutional history, Correspondence, Danish literature, Education of princes, English Political satire, France, Gordon Riots, 1780, Humor, Intellectual life

Places

Great Britain, France, Cheltenham (England), England, Cheltenham, Denmark, Eng Monmouthshire, Gloucester, Gloucester (England), Monmouthshire (Wales), Worcester, Worcester (England)

People

David Williams (1738-1816), George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), Chistian VII King of Denmark and Norway (1749-1808), David Garrick (1717-1779), Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Edmund Burke (1729?-1797), George IV King of Great Britain (1762-1830), George Savile Sir, Bart, William Wyndham Grenville Grenville Baron (1759-1834)

Time

1760-1789, 1760-1820, 1789-1820, 18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1789-1799, Christian VII, 1766-1808

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Alternative names

  • Williams, David, 1738-1816
  • Reverend David Williams
  • دايفيد وليامز
  • ডেভিড উইলিয়ামস
  • دیوید ویلیامز
  • デーヴィット・ウィリアムズ (哲学者)
  • Дэвид Уильямс
  • Уильям Дэвид
  • Уильямс, Дэвид
  • Уильямс, Дэвид (философ)
  • Вильямс, Дэвид
  • Williams, David (1738-1816)
  • Williams, David
  • David 1738-1816 Williams

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April 21, 2025 Edited by Tauriel063 merge authors
April 19, 2025 Edited by laurenbr1 fixed dob, more detailed dod, akas, bio
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