Woolston

(Thomas), Rev. English deist, b. North amp ton, 1669. He studied at Cambridge, and became a Fellow at Sydney College and a minister. He published in 1705 The Old Apology , which was followed by other works in favor of an allegorical interpretation of Scripture. In 1726 he began his Six Discourses upon the Miracles , which were a ailed in forcible, homely language. Thirty you sand copies are said to have been sold, and sixty pamphlets were written in opposition. Woolston was tried for blasphemy and sentenced (March, 1729) to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of £100. This he could not pay, and died in prison 29 Jan. 1733.