Tillotson — may refer to:* Giles Tillotson (21st century), British historian * John Tillotson (1630 1694), Archbishop of Canterbury * Johnny Tillotson (born 1939), American singer and songwriter * Mary Tillotson (21st century), American broadcast journalist… … Wikipedia
Tillotson — (spr. Tillots n), John, geb. 1630 in Sowerby u. getauft zu Halifax in der Grafschaft York, studirte seit 1647 in Cambridge, wurde 1663 Prediger in Lincoln u. bald darauf an der Lorenzkirche in London u. 1691 Erzbischof von Canterbury u. zugleich… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Tillotson — (Tillötsn), John, geb. 1630 zu Sowerby, anglik. Theolog, gest. 1694 als Erzbischof von Canterbury, berühmter Kanzelredner, Muster »der kalten u. glatten Manier«, welche die Predigt der engl. Hochkirche charakterisirt. (Sämmtliche Werke, 9 Bde.,… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Tillotson Terrell — Tillotson Terrell, born 1 May 1785 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, was one of first twenty settlers of Ridgeville Township in what is now Lorain County, Ohio. He, along with several others, traded their land in Connecticut for 1/4 of the… … Wikipedia
Tillotson, John — (1630–94) Archbishop. Tillotson was educated at the University of Cambridge. A committed Protestant, he advised the seven Bishops who refused to read King James II’s declaration of indulgence in 1688 and in the following year, he was… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Tillotson — biographical name John 1630 1694 English prelate … New Collegiate Dictionary
Tillotson — /til euht seuhn/, n. John, 1630 94, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1691 94. * * * … Universalium
Tillotson — /til euht seuhn/, n. John, 1630 94, English clergyman: archbishop of Canterbury 1691 94 … Useful english dictionary
TILLOTSON, JOHN ROBERT — archbishop of Canterbury, born in Sowerby, Yorkshire, of a Puritan family, and trained on Puritan lines; studied at Clare Hall, Cambridge, came under the influence of CUDWORTH (q.v. CUDWORTH, RALPH), conformed to the Established Church at the… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Tillotson, John — (1630 1694) Divine, s. of a Presbyterian clothier, was b. near Halifax, and ed. at Camb., where his originally Puritan views became somewhat modified. At the Savoy Conference in 1661 he was still a Presbyterian, but submitted to the Act of… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature