Edmund Chishull (1671–1733) was an English clergyman and

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Life

He was son of Paul Chishull, and was born at Eyworth, Bedfordshire, 22 March 1670–1. He was a scholar of

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in 1687, where he graduated B.A. in 1690, M.A. in 1693, and became a Fellow in 1696. Andrew Pyle (editor), ''Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers'' (2000), article on Chishull, pp. 181-3.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' He was appointed chaplain to the factory of the

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. Sailing from England in the frigate ''

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'' on 10 February 1698, he arrived at Smyrna on 12 November 1698. While resident there he made a tour to Ephesus, setting out on 21 April 1699 and returning on 3 May. In 1701 he visited

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. He resumed his chaplaincy the next year, and left Smyrna on 10 February 1701–2, taking his homeward journey by Gallipoli and Adrianople where he joined Lord Paget, who was returning from an embassy to the

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. Travelling as a member of the ambassador's household, Chishull passed through Bulgaria,

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, Transylvania, Hungary, and Germany to Holland. At Leyden, he took leave of Lord Paget and returned to England alone. Chishull soon afterwards became lecturer of

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; he married and resigned his fellowship. He was then instituted to the living of

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. In 1711 he was appointed chaplain to the queen. On 1 September 1708 he was provided with a living as vicar of

, in 1708. He settled there for the rest of his life. Chishull died at Walthamstow on 18 May 1733.

Works

Chishull kept a journal, eventually published with help from

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.Joseph M. Levine, ''The Battle of the Books: History and Literature in the Augustan Age'' (1994), pp. 169-173. He published copiously as a scholar, particularly Latin verses, numismatical works, notes from his travels, and his ''Antiquitates Asiaticae'' (1728). The ''Antiquitates'' was a collaborative work involving

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, Antonio Picenini, Joseph de Tournefort among others. As a theologian Chishull engaged in the debate on mortalism, attacking

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. Dodwell replied to Chishull and

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, in ''Expostulation, relating to the late insults of Mr Clark and Mr Chishull'' (1708).

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Chishull, Edmund 1671 births 1733 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests English theologians English antiquarians Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford People from Central Bedfordshire District People from Walthamstow