English lexicographer, born at Halesowen, Worcestershire, on the 8th of November 1627. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1669 became rector at Chelsea, in 1670 chaplain of Charles II.; rector of the Church of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, from 1685 to 1689. He wrote on philological subjects, made several translations from the Latin and Greek, and published sixty-one sermons. His greatest work is his Latin, Greek, Hebrew and English Dictionary (1678, several times reprinted). He also made a fine collection of rare books and manuscripts. He died on the 30th of June 1694.
