Dr Daniel, a learned English divine who distinguished himself greatly in theological controversies, was born in 1683 at Wasely in Lincolnshire, of which place his father was rector. He had his academical learning at Magdalen college, Cambridge, where he drew up a useful tract, which went through several editions, intitled, Advice to a Young Student, with a Method of Study for the first four years. In 1713 he became master of the college, was soon after appointed chaplain to George I.; and at the time of his death in 1740, was canon of Windsor, archdeacon of Middlesex, and vicar of Tickenham. Besides his controversial writings, he published two volumes of sermons.