King, John (2), Dd

King, John (2), D.D.

an English theologian, was born in Cornwall in 1652. He studied at Oxford and Cambridge, and became successively rector of Chelsea and (in 1731)

prebendary of the Cathedral of York. He died May 30, 1732. King wrote Animadversions (2d ed. 1702, 4to):- The Case of John Atherton, Bishop of Waterfbrd (1716, 8vo); and a number of Sermons. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 22:742.