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"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, attacking Richard Bentley´s 1732 edition of Paradise Lost the following year." - (Wikipedia (en) 08.06.2020)