William Whiston (9 December 1667 – 22 August 1752) was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the...
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Whiston may refer to: Whiston, Merseyside Whiston, Northamptonshire Whiston, South Staffordshire Whiston, Staffordshire Moorlands Whiston, South Yorkshire...
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Whiston is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Previously recorded within the historic county...
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that Newton was never known as an Arian during his lifetime, it was William Whiston, an Arian, who first argued that "Sir Isaac Newton was so hearty for...
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A New Theory of the Earth is a book written by William Whiston, in which he presents a description of the divine creation of the Earth and a posited global...
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the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Translated by William Whiston. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 19 February 2016. The city was built...
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needed] One of the best known translations of this work was provided by William Whiston in 1737, which has been in print continuously since then. The Loeb...
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account of Flavius Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews was translated by William Whiston. An account of John the Baptist is found in all extant manuscripts...
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Translated by William Whiston. Josephus (1737b) [c. 94 AD]. "Chapters XIX–XX". Antiquities of the Jews. Translated by William Whiston. Plutarch (1923)...
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of a near-miss by a comet. The issue was taken up in more detail by William Whiston, a protégé of and popularizer of the theories of Isaac Newton, who...
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