Zachary Pearce
Zachary Pearce | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rochester | |
Portrait by Edward Penny | |
| Installed | 1756 |
| Term ended | 1774 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Wilcocks |
| Successor | John Thomas |
| Other posts | Bishop of Bangor, Dean of Westminster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1690 |
| Died | 29 June 1774 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | English/British |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Zachary Pearce (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), sometimes known as Zachariah Pearce, was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton, attacking Richard Bentley's 1732 edition of Paradise Lost the following year.