1819 — Publishes Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte, a satirical work attacking overly stringent application of skeptical logic to Scripture by demonstrating the same methods could disprove Napoleon's existence.
Source: Britannica, "Richard Whately."
Quote: "He attacked the stringent application of logic to the Bible by showing that the same methods used to cast doubt on the miracles would also leave the existence of Napoleon open to question." — Britannica.