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Nathaniel Williams
Nathaniel Williams (born 1656 or 1657 – c.1679) was a Welsh writer.
Life.
Nathaniel Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, from Swansea in South Wales. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus College in 1672 and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1676. He wrote two books: "A Pindaric Elegy on the famous Physician Dr. Willis" (published in 1675) and "Imago Saeculi or the Image of the Age represented in four Characters,
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- Doctor Isaac Waldron
- Timothy Clarke
- William Ingraham
- Nathaniel Paine
- Nathaniel Reynolds
- Christopher Saunders
- John Wilkins
- Nathaniel Williams
- Samuel Woodbury
- Nathaniel Bosworth
- Benjamin Jones
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