Stillingfleet, Edward (1635-1699)

English cleric. In 1667 he became prebendary of St Paul's, London, in 1669 canon of Canterbury, in 1677 archdeacon of London, in 1678 dean of St Paul's, and in 1689 bishop of Worcester. He was a popular preacher and acted as chaplain to Charles II.

Stillingfleet was born in Cranborne, Dorset, England. He became a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge University in 1653. His works include Irenicum (1569), Origines Sacrae (1663), A Rational Account of the Grounds of the Protestant Religion (1664), and Origines Britannicae, or the Antiquities of the British Church (1685).