BINGHAM, JOSEPH (1668-1723), English scholar and divine, was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire in Sept. 1668. Educated at University college, Oxford, he was made fellow in 1689 and tutor in 1691. A sermon preached by him from the university pulpit (St. Mary's), on the terms "Person" and "Substance" in the Fathers, brought upon him an unjust accusation of heresy. He was compelled to give up his fellowship; but he was immedi ately presented by Dr. John Radcliffe to the rectory of Head bournworthy (1695) . There he began his great work entitled Origines Ecclesiasticae: the first volume appeared in 1708 and the tenth and last in 1722. Bingham was collated in 1712 to the rectory of Havant. He died on Aug. 17, 1723.