HORNECK (Dr Anthony), a learned and pious divine, was born at Baccharach, in the Lower Palatinate, in 1641. He studied divinity under Dr Spankeim at Heidelberg; and afterwards coming to England, completed his studies at Oxford, and became vicar of Allshallows in that city. In 1665, he removed into the family of the duke of Albemarle; and was tutor to his grace's son, then lord Torrington. The duke presented him to the rectory of Doulton in Devonshire, and procured for him a prebend in Exeter. He was afterwards chosen preacher of the Savoy. In 1693, he was collated to a prebend in Westminster, and the same year admitted to a prebend in the cathedral of Wells. He published, 1. The great law of consideration. 2. The happy ascetic. 3. Delight and judgment. 4. The fire of the altar. 5. The exercise of prayer. 6. The crucified Jesus. 7. Several sermons, and other works. He died in 1696, and was interred in Westminster abbey, where a monument is erected to his memory.