Richard Whately


Richard Whately
Archbishop of Dublin
Bishop of Glendalough
Primate of Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
In office1831–1863
PredecessorWilliam Magee
SuccessorRichard Chenevix Trench
Orders
Consecration23 October 1831
by Richard Laurence
Personal details
Born(1787-02-01)1 February 1787
Died8 October 1863(1863-10-08) (aged 76)
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
BuriedChrist Church Cathedral, Dublin
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseElizabeth Whately
Children5
Education
EducationOriel College, Oxford
(B.A., 1808)
Philosophical work
SchoolOriel Noetics
InstitutionsOriel College, Oxford
Main interestsTheology, logic
Notable ideasErotetics

Richard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen.