BRADY, NICHOLAS (1659-1726), Anglican divine and poet, was born at Bandon, County Cork, on Oct. 28 1659, and died at Richmond, Surrey, on May 20 1726. He received his edu cation at Westminster school, and at Christ Church, Oxford ; but he graduated at Trinity college, Dublin, and became prebendary of Cork. In 1690 Brady prevented the burning of the town of Bandon, after James II. had given orders for its destruction. He soon afterwards settled in London, where he held the livings of Clapham and Richmond. Brady's best known work is his metrical version of the Psalms, prepared in collaboration with Nahum Tate. It was licensed in 1696, and largely ousted the old version of T. Sternhold and J. Hopkins.