Richard Whately

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Assorted References

criticism of Austen
- In Jane Austen: Life
“Elements of Logic”
- In history of logic: Other 18th-century logicians
“Elements of Rhetoric”
- In rhetoric: The Renaissance and after
Mill’s review of “Elements of Logic”
- In John Stuart Mill: Public life and writing of John Stuart Mill

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 15, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 28, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 04, 2023
	Invalidated site: Introductory Lectures on Political Economy.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 27, 2018
	Add new Web site: Action Institute for the study of Religion and Liberty - Biography of Richard Whately.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Apr 26, 2016
	Add new Web site: Acton Institute - Biography of Richard Whately.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 01, 2015
	Add new Web site: History Ireland - Richard Whately: Irelands strangest archbishop?	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 01, 2015
	Add new Web site: LibraryIreland.com - Biography of Richard Whately.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 29, 2015
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998