Thomas Gataker

Thomas Gataker

Thomas Gataker (September, 1574 - July, 1654) was an English clergyman and theologian.

Life

He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. From 1601 to 1611 be held the appointment of preacher to the society of Lincoln's Inn, which he resigned on accepting the rectory of Rotherhithe. In 1642 he was chosen a member of the assembly of divines at Westminster, and annotated for that assembly the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations.

He disapproved of the introduction of the Covenant and declared himself in favour of episcopacy. He was one of the forty-seven London clergymen who disapproved of the trial of Charles I.

He engaged in a public controversy with the astrologer William Lilly, who had mentioned Gataker in an almanac. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45390] , which has some further biographical details.] He was married four times.

Works

His principal works, besides some volumes of sermons, are:
*"Of the Nature and Use of Lots" (1619), a curious treatise which led to his being accused of favouring games of chance. 2nd edition in 1627, with refutation of Balmford's criticism. Edited and Re-published in 2008 as "The Nature and Uses of Lotteries [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1845401174] Conall Boyle (ed.) [http://www.conallboyle.com] ] Imprint Academic [http://www.imprint.co.uk/] .
*"Dissertatio de stylo Noel Testamenti" (1648)
*"Cinnus, alec Adversaria miscellanea, in quibus Sacrae Scriplurac primo, delude amorum scriptorum, locis aliquam multis mx reddilur" (1651), to which was afterwards subjoined "Adversaria Posthuma"
*an edition of Marcus Antoninus (1652) [According to Hallam, is the "earliest edition of any classical writer published in England with original annotations," and, for the period at which it was written, possesses remarkable merit. ]

His collected works were published in Utrecht in 1698.

Notes

References

*1911

External links

* [http://www.usask.ca/english/gataker/gat_bio.htm]
* [http://www.apuritansmind.com/MemoirsPuritans/MemoirsPuritansThomasGataker.htm]


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