Excerpt from The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 2: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation Soon altti the restoration, Mr. Allestry was made a ca non of Lhrist-ehmch; at the same time he undertook one of the lectureships ol the city of' lord, butnever ired any part of the salar\ f01 he orde1cd it to be distributed amongst the poor. In October ltibo, he took the degree of D. D. And was appointed one of tlie king' s chaplains in ordinary, and in Sept. 1663, regius professorof divinity, in which chair he sat seventeen yea1s, and acquitted himself with honour. In 1665 he was appointed provost of Eton col lege, where he raised the school, which he found in a low condition, to an uncommon pitch of reputation. The west side of the outward quadrangle ofthat college was bu1lt from the ground at his expense. The excellent Dr. Hammond, who was his intimate friend, left him his valuable library, which he bequeathed himself to his successors in the divinity chair. His eagerness for study, and his intention of mind while he was employed in it was so great, that it impaired his constitution, and hastened his death. In 1680, find, ing his health and sight much weakened, he resigned his professorship of divinity to Dr. Jane. And now the' decay of his constitution terminating in a dropsy, he removed to London, to have the advice of physicians; but medicines proving ineffectual, he died January 27th, 1680; and was buried in Eton chapel, where a marble monument, with an elegant Latin inscription, was e1ected to his memo1y. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.