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George Horne (1 November 1730 – 17 January 1792) was an English churchman, academic, writer, and university administrator. Horne was born at Otham near Maidstone, in Kent, the eldest surviving son of the Reverend Samuel Horne (1693-1768), rector of the parish, and his wife Anne
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See moreIn 1749 Horne became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. As an influential college head, he served as vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford from
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See moreOrdained priest in 1753, from 1760 to 1764 he was curate of the Oxfordshire village of Horspath. Thereafter his religious duties were performed at
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See moreAmong his publications were:
• The Theology and Philosophy of Cicero's Somnium Scipionis 1751, a satirical pamphlet....
See more• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Horne, George". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge
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See moreThrough his preaching, journalism, correspondence and authorship of numerous works (some at the time anonymous), Horne actively defended the high church tendency
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