DoyleA. ConanSilver blaze. In: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1894
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George Wilson Meadley published the memoirs of William Paley in 1809 and a second edition in 1810 together with an engraving by Engleheart of a painting by Sir William Beechy. Meadley notes the publication in the “General Biography”, vol. VII, pp. 588–92, and also in an obituary. See Meadley GW. Memoirs of William Paley, D.D. 2nd edn, corrected and enlarged. To which is added an appendix. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company
DarwinC.On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: Murray. 1859
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International Genealogical Index. The name of the third child is not known
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That is, a student at Cambridge or Trinity College, Dublin, paying reduced fees and formerly charged with certain menial offices
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The International Genealogical Index gives the year as 1776
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Great-great-great-great-great-uncle of the author of this paper on William Paley
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PartingtonA, Ed. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 4th edn, revised. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996: 505
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 1785: book 5, chapter 9, “On reverencing the deity”, p. 104. A copy of the 20th edn published in 1814 seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf 1.29.9–10
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Published by Faulder, London. Copy of the 8th edn seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf A19.9
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Copy seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf A19.7
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Copy of the 6th edn, 1812, seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf A19.8
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International Genealogical Index
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Memorial on the east wall of Carlisle Cathedral
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Part I, “Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the Evidence alleged for other miracles”. Part II, “Of the auxiliary evidence of Christianity” . Part III, “A brief consideration of some popular objections” . The 15th edn, published in 1814, seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf A19.11–12
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International Genealogical Index
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Dr Fenwick of Durham wrote an interesting Sketch of the Professional Life and Character of Dr Clark. Cited by Meadley GW (op. cit. ref. 2): 204. Probably John Clark MD (1744–1805), founder of the Newcastle Dispensary. See Dictionary of National Biography
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Copy of the 14th edn seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution. Shelf A19.10
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Ray (On the Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creator), Derham (Physico and Astro-Theology), Edwards (Demonstration of the Existence and Providence of God), Cheyne (Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion)
FultonJF. A bibliography of two Oxford physiologists, Richard Lower 1631–1691 and John Mayow 1643–1679. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers 1935: vol. IV, part I.i. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935. This is dedicated to Charles Sherrington. Seen at Exeter Cathedral Library
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Nowadays we name 434 muscles
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Much can be learned about the early history of medicine by the study of gravestones. See Gardner-ThorpeC.Stones Unturned. Exeter: privately printed, 2000
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The Works of William Paley with Additional Sermons. Seven volumes in the store at Exeter University, reference S208 PAL
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StephenLLeeS.The Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921–2: 197–8. Not to be confused with Christopher Keil (–1740), a surgeon
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See also skech of lectures on the Evidence of Wisdom and Goodness in the Works of the Creator by William Turner. Newcastle, 1808
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Gardner-ThorpeC.James Parkinson 1755–1824. Exeter: Department of Neurology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, 1988
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PearnJHGardner-ThorpeC.James Parkinson (1755–1824): a pioneer of child care. J Paediatr Child Health2000; 37: 9–13
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PaxtonJ.Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology; with Descriptive Letter Press. Oxford: Vincent, 1826: chapter 9
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The Library of Useful Knowledge. 3rd edn.1827. Animal mechanics, treatise 1, pp. 1–31. Copy seen in the Wellcome Library, Royal College of Physicians, where it is bound as tract 321, part 15
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Ibid.: 27
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Published by Charles Knight and Co. Ludgate Street, London. Copy seen at the Devon and Exeter Institution, shelf Q1.38–41. Vol. I is A discourse of Natural Theology, showing the nature of the evidence and the advantages of the Study and is written by Brougham. Volumes II (chapters 1–16) and III (chapters 17–27) are Paley's 1785 book on natural theology. Volume IV includes Appendix I, Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology, chapter 27 “Illustration on the works of a watch”, and this is followed by “Animal Mechanics, or, Proofs of design in the animal frame”, by Bell
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Published by William and Robert Chambers of Edinburgh. Additions and notes were provided by Mr Thomas Smilbert, licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
