William King (academic)

William King
1750 portrait by John Michael Williams
Born16 March 1685
London, Middlesex, England
Died30 December 1763(1763-12-30) (aged 78)
Cookham, England, Great Britain
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Children1 son and daughter

William King (16 March 1685 – 30 December 1763) was an English academic and writer, Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford from 1719, He was known for strongly held Jacobite views, and as a satirist and poet.

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