Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Thomas Wilson
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Thomas Wilson,
DIVINE,
Author of a complete Christian Dictionary, a work which went through several editions, and was the first example in English of a Bible Concordance, was a Kentish man, though the place of his birth is uncertain. He became minister of St. George's Church, Canterbury, one of the Six Preachers of that City, and chaplain to Lord Wotton. Besides the above work he was the author of "A Commentary on the Romans," "Theological Rules," and a sermon on "Christ's Farewell to Jerusalem." He died in 1621.
[See Grainger's "Historical Biography," J. M. Cowper's "Register of St. George the Martyr" (Introduction), and Brook's "Lives of the Puritans."]