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Robert Sanderson

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Robert Sanderson 1587–1663, English clergyman. Gaining William Laud's favor, he was appointed a royal chaplain in 1631 and regius professor of divinity at Oxford in 1642. Imprisoned during the civil war, he was reinstated to his professorship and named bishop of Lincoln in 1660. The second preface of the Anglican prayer book and the General Thanksgiving are attributed to him. His published writings include Logicae artis compendium (1618) and De obligatione conscientiae praelectiones decem (1660).

Bibliography: See his works (6 vol., 1854).

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Sanderson, Robert (1587–1663), Bp. of Lincoln from 1660. He took a leading part in the Savoy Conference of 1661 and drafted the preface to the 1662 BCP. His Nine Cases of Conscience (1678) was a notable contribution to moral theology.

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	Marie "Lou" Sanderson.(Obituaries)(Obituary) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/24/2008
	Thomas H. Sanderson.(Local) Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 1/6/2008
	Sanderson starts new drive for acquisitions.(News) Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/11/1999