▁controvers ial ist . ▁▁ ▁His ▁logical ▁works ▁still ▁had ▁currency ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁all usion ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁Tr istr am ▁Sh andy . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁logic ian ▁he ▁was ▁conserv ative , ▁stay ing ▁close ▁to ▁Arist ot le ▁and ▁the ▁Organ on , ▁and ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁fashion ▁for ▁Ram ism ▁and ▁its ▁innov ations . ▁His ▁Log ica e ▁was ▁a ▁substantial ▁work , ▁and ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁Samuel ▁Johnson . ▁ ▁C rak anth or pe ▁was , ▁says ▁Anthony ▁à ▁Wood , ▁ ▁a ▁great ▁canon ist , ▁and ▁so ▁familiar ▁and ▁exact ▁in ▁the ▁f athers , ▁coun c ils , ▁and ▁school men , ▁that ▁none ▁in ▁his ▁time ▁scar ce ▁went ▁before ▁him . ▁None ▁have ▁written ▁with ▁greater ▁dil ig ence , ▁I ▁cannot ▁say ▁with ▁a ▁me ek er ▁mind , ▁as ▁some ▁have ▁reported ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁as ▁f oul - mouth ed ▁against ▁the ▁pap ists , ▁particularly ▁M . ▁Ant . ▁de ▁Domin is , ▁as ▁P ry n ne ▁was ▁afterwards ▁against ▁them ▁and ▁the ▁pre lat ists . ▁ ▁Life ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁or ▁near ▁Str ick land ▁in ▁West mor land , ▁and ▁was ▁bapt ised ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 8 ▁in ▁the ▁nearby ▁village ▁of ▁Mor land . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁six teen ▁was ▁admitted ▁as ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁Queen ' s ▁College , ▁Oxford . ▁According ▁to ▁Anthony ▁à ▁Wood ▁he ▁was