Robert Spearman


Robert Spearman was an English theologian, known as a Hutchinsonian.

Life

He was the eldest son of Robert Spearman, attorney of Durham, by his wife Hannah, only daughter of William Webster, merchant, of Stockton-on-Tees. He studied at Durham School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, but left without taking a degree. He then lived at Old Acres, Sedgefield.
A pupil of John Hutchinson, Spearman survived him, edited his works, and wrote his life. He was the dedicatee of Two Dissertations concerning the Etymology and Scripture-Meaning of the Hebrew words Elohim and Berith by Thomas Sharp, with whom he was on good terms.
Spearman died on 20 October 1761, leaving only female issue by his wife Anne, daughter of Robert Sharpe of Hawthorn, County Durham.

Works

Spearman's own writings were: