White, Thomas (2)

(Lat. Anglus ex Abis, Candidus, or Vitus; otherwise called Bianchi, Richworth, and Blackloe), an eminent English philosopher and Roman Catholic priest; was born at Halton, Essex, in, 1582; was educated abroad and became a priest in 1617; was employed in teaching philosophy and divinity, residing at Douay, Rome, and Paris with occasional interruptions until 1633, when he was elected principal of the English College at Lisbon; served the duty of the English mission for some years; resided for a considerable time in the house of Sir Kenelm Digby, whose philosophy he supported; became a professor at Douay again in 1650, and vice-principal of the English College; spent his latter years in England, and died at Drury Lane, London, July 6,1676. He was a voluminous writer, and among his numerous works the following deserve mention: Dialogues concerning the Judgment of Common Sense in the Choice of Religion (1640): Defundo Dialogi Tres (1642): — Institutionuum Peripateticarum ad Menteam, etc. (1646): — Institutiones Theologicae super Fundamentis in Peripatetica Digboena jactis Exstrudae (1652): — Questiones Theologicae, etc. (1653): Contemplation of Heaven, etc. (1654): — The Grounds of Obedience and Government (1655): — Religion and Reason Mutually Corresponding and Assisting Each Other (1659): — The Middle State of Souls from the Hour of Death to the Day of Judgment (eod.). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.