Benjamin Whichcote is best known as the founder of the school of Cambridge Platonists, which flourished during the Interregnum and Restoration periods. Besides Whichcote, the movement included John Smith, Nathaniel Culverwel, John Worthington, Henry...

Whichcote, Benjamin(1609–1683) Benjamin Whichcote, the guiding spirit of the Cambridge Platonists, was born at Whichcote Hall, Stoke, Shropshire, of "an ancient and honourable family." He was admitted to Emmanuel College,...

Benjamin Whichcote (1609 - 1683), British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge...

TOD E. JONES, ED. The Cambridge Platonists: A Brief Introduction. With Eight Letters of Dr. Anthony Tuckney and Dr. Benjamin Whichcote. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2005. Pp. ix + 156, bibliography, index. $55.00. Offering the first complete edition of the Letters...

For Francisco ('Chico') Buarque de Hollanda the description multi-talented seems hopelessly inadequate. A singer, composer, dramatist and novelist, for over 30 years he has played a central role in the cultural life of Brazil while commanding adulation as a superstar of the music...