DODDRIDGE, PHILIP 5 1), English Noncon formist divine, was born in London on June 26, 1702. He was educated at the academy for dissenters at Kibworth in Leicester shire. In 1729, at a general meeting of Nonconformist minis ters, he was chosen to conduct the academy, then newly estab lished at Market Harborough. In the same year he became minister of the independent congregation at Northampton. He died in Lisbon on Oct. 26, 1751. Doddridge wrote The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul , which best illustrates his religious genius, and has been widely translated. He was the author of many well-known and justly admired hymns, e.g., "0 God of Bethel, by whose hand." See Memoirs, by Rev. Job Orton (1766) ; Letters to and from Dr. Doddridge, by Rev. Thomas Stedman (179o) ; and Correspondence and Diary, in 5 vols., by his grandson, John Doddridge Humphreys 0829). The best life is Stanford's Philip Doddridge (188o). Dodd ridge's academy is now represented by New college, Hampstead, where is a Iarge collection of his manuscripts.