Samuel Lisle FRS (1683 – 3 October 1749) was an English academic and bishop.
Samuel Lisle | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Norwich | |
 | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
| In office | 1748–1749 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Gooch |
| Successor | Thomas Hayter |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of St Asaph (1743–1748) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1683 |
| Died | 3 October 1749 (aged 66) London |
| Buried | St Mary the Virgin, Northolt |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Life
editLisle was born in Blandford, Dorset. He graduated M.A. at Wadham College, Oxford, in 1706,[1] and was ordained in 1707.[2]
He was chaplain to the Levant Company from 1710 to 1719. On his return he advocated for a better Bible translation in Arabic.[3] He was rector of Tooting in 1720. He became Archdeacon of Canterbury in 1724 and Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1739. He was also rector of St Mary-le-Bow, from 1721 to 1744; and rector of Northall, from 1729. He was Bishop of St Asaph, in 1744, and the bishop of Norwich, in 1748.[2][4][5][6]
He died in London and was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Northolt, Middlesex.
Works
editHe collected inscriptions during his Levant chaplaincy, and they were printed in the Antiquitates Asiaticae of Edmund Chishull (1728).[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lee-Llewellin
- ^ a b c Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "Extract of Several Letters Relating to the Great Charity and Usefulness of Printing the New Testament and Psalter in the Arabick Language (1725)".
- ^ "Tooting | British History Online".
- ^ "St Mary le Bow Church, London".
- ^ "Northall (Northolt) | British History Online".