Zachary Pearce | |
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Bishop of Rochester | |
![]() Portrait by Edward Penny | |
Installed | 1756 |
Term ended | 1774 |
Predecessor | Joseph Wilcocks |
Successor | John Thomas |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Bangor, Dean of Westminster |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 September 1690 |
Died | 29 June 1774 |
Nationality | English/British |
Denomination | Church of England |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Zachary Pearce, sometimes known as Zachariah (8 September 1690 – 29 June 1774), was an English Bishop of Bangor and Bishop of Rochester. He was a controversialist and a notable early critical writer defending John Milton,[1] attacking Richard Bentley's 1732 edition of Paradise Lost the following year.