PHILIP DODDRIDGE
\fˈɪlɪp dˈɒdɹɪd͡ʒ], \fˈɪlɪp dˈɒdɹɪdʒ], \f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_p d_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
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An English nonconformist divine; born in London, June 26, 1702; died in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 26, 1751. He was educated for the ministry at an academy in Kibworth, Leicestershire, where he became pastor in 1722. In 1729 he took charge of a theological academy in Northampton, and continued to preach and prepare students for the ministry until near his death. His chief works are: "The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul" (1750), and "The Family Expositor" (1760-62), which have been translated into several European languages. He also wrote "Evidences of Christianity" (1742-43), which has long been a text-book in St. John's College, Cambridge; and several popular hymns.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).