The Moyer Lectures were an annual series of theological lectures delivered in London from 1719 to 1774, designed to support the orthodox interpretation of the Christian Trinity.
The initial lecturer was
Daniel Waterland
Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 March 1683 – 23 December 1740) was an English theologian. He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1714, Chancellor of the Diocese of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.
Waterland opposed ...
, who had much to do with the selection of lecturers in the early years. The series was endowed by the 1723 will of Rebecca Moyer, widow of the merchant Sir Samuel Moyer.
The final lecture series was given by
Thomas Morell
Thomas Morell (; 18 March 1703 – 19 February 1784) was an English librettist, classical scholar, and printer. At this point Lady Moyer's heirs exercised their option to discontinue the series.
Lecturers
*1719
Daniel Waterland
Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 March 1683 – 23 December 1740) was an English theologian. He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1714, Chancellor of the Diocese of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.
Waterland opposed ...
Edmund Chishull
Edmund Chishull (1671–1733) was an English clergyman and antiquary.
Life
He was son of Paul Chishull, and was born at Eyworth, Bedfordshire, 22 March 1670–1.
He was a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1687, where he graduated B.A. ...
*1723 William Berriman
*1724 Thomas Bishop
*1725 Andrew Trebeck
*1726 Alexander Innis
*1727 Philip Gretton
*1728
Henry Felton
Henry Felton D.D. (1679–1740) was an English clergyman and academic.
Life
Felton was born in the London parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields on 3 February 1679. His earliest education was at Cheney's School in Buckinghamshire; he moved to Westmin ...
*1729
Joseph Trapp
Joseph Trapp (1679–1747) was an English clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer. His production as a younger man of occasional verse (some anonymous, or in Latin) and dramas led to his appointment as the first Oxford Professor of Poetry in 1 ...
*1730 John Brown
*1731 John Hay
*1732 Jeremiah Seed
*1733
Charles Wheatly
Charles Wheatly (1686–1742) was an English clergyman, known for writings on the ''Book of Common Prayer''.
Life
He was born on 6 February 1686, the son of John Wheatly, a tradesman of London. His mother, whose maiden name was White, was a descen ...
*1734 Theodore Waterland
*1735 Edward Underhill
*1736 Valentine Haywood
*1737 John Berriman
*1738
Leonard Twells
Leonard Twells (1684?–1742) was an English cleric and theological writer.
Life
His father John was Master of Newark School. He received his education at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1704.
In 1722 Twells was presented to ...
*1739
Arthur Bedford
Vice-Admiral Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford, CB, CSI (2 August 1881 – 5 December 1949) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in HMS ''Kent'' at the Battle of the Falkland Islands of 1914 and rose to command the Royal Indian Navy from 1934 ...
Benjamin Dawson
Benjamin Dawson (1729–1814) was an English minister, initially Presbyterian but then Anglican, and linguist.
Life
The sixth son of Eli Dawson, Presbyterian minister, and brother of the scholar Abraham Dawson, he was born at Halifax. In 1746 h ...