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Hulsean Lectures
The Hulsean Lectures were established from an endowment made by John Hulse to the University of Cambridge in 1790. At present, they consist of a series of four to eight lectures given by a university graduate on some branch of Christian theology. History The lectures were originally to be given by a "learned and ingenious clergyman" from Cambridge, holding the degree of Master of Arts, who was under the age of forty years. The terms for the lectures were quite extensive and particular. The lecturer was As a result of these rather demanding terms and conditions, for some thirty years (1790–1819) no person could be found who would undertake the office of this lectureship. The first to accept was Christopher Benson, who held the post until 1822, at which time he quit, having found the terms and conditions imposed by the lectureship too fatiguing and laborious. For the rest of the decade, only two more lecturers were found, and both in their turn resigned for the same reasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge - Church Of St Mary The Great
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951. The city is most famous as the home of the University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209 and consistently ranks among the best universities in the world. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gilson Humphry
William Gilson Humphry (1815–1886) was an English clergyman and academic. Life Humphry was born at Sudbury, Suffolk, on 30 January 1815, son of William Wood Humphry, barrister-at-law, and brother of George Murray Humphry. Humphry was educated at Carmalt's school, Putney, and then at Shrewsbury School, under Dr. Samuel Butler, becoming captain of the school. In 1833 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1835 gained the Pitt scholarship. Two years later he graduated as senior classic, second chancellor's medallist, and twenty-seventh wrangler, and in 1839 he was elected a Fellow of his college. Humphry was intended for the legal profession, but in 1842 he took holy orders. For some years he worked at Cambridge, acting as steward and assistant tutor of Trinity, and he was proctor of the university in 1845–6. From 1847 to 1855 he was examining chaplain to Charles Blomfield, bishop of London. In 1852 Humphry became rector of Northolt, Middlesex. From 1855 until his death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pritchard
Reverend Charles Pritchard (29 February 1808 – 28 May 1893) was a British astronomer, clergyman, and educational reformer. He founded the Clapham Grammar School in 1834 and included sciences in the curriculum. A chapel was erected in 1846. Biography He was born at Alberbury, Shropshire and attended Poplar Academy where he was taught by John Stock, the progressive educationalist. Pritchard later described his studies as consisting of "a systematic course of instruction relating to physical phenomena". At sixteen he was enrolled as a sizar at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1830 as fourth wrangler. In 1832 he was elected a fellow of his college, and in the following year he was ordained, and became head of a private school at Stockwell. From 1834 to 1862 he was headmaster of Clapham grammar school. He then retired to Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, and took an active interest in the affairs of the Royal Astronomical Society, of which he became honorary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Henry Perowne
Edward Henry Perowne (8 January 1826 in Burdwan, India – 5 February 1906, in Cambridge) was an English clergyman and college head, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Life Edward Henry Perowne was the youngest son of three born to the Revd John Perowne and Eliza née Scott, C.M.S. missionaries at Burdwan in India. He was educated at home and at Norwich before going on to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1846. Made a scholar the following year, he graduated B.A. in Classics in 1850. He was ordained as a deacon in 1850 and a priest in 1851, becoming the curate at Maddermarket in Norfolk. Perowne was made a Fellow of his old college Corpus Christi in 1858 eventually becoming Master in 1879. From 1879 to 1881 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, as well as holding various other positions in the Church of England. He died unmarried on 5 February 1906 in Cambridge. He is buried in Grantchester Grantchester is a village and civil parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse (19 November 1826 – 9 April 1915) was a Bishop of Melbourne and a Bishop of Manchester, and a Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Early life and career Moorhouse was born in Sheffield, England, the only son of James Moorhouse, a book-lover and master-cutler, and his wife Jane Frances ''née'' Bowman. Educated at a private school at Sheffield until he was 16, Moorhouse afterwards went to the People's College in the evenings. He was widely read and already taking an interest in theological and philosophical books. His father intended the younger Moorhouse to become a partner in his cutlery business, but after spending two or three years at this work, Moorhouse asked that he might be sent to a university with a view to ordination. He never regretted the years he spent in business, as he realised that the experience of men he had gained was invaluable. Moorhouse knew little Latin, and no Greek or higher mathematics, so there was much to be learned before at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Moore (theologian)
Daniel Moore or Dan Moore may refer to: Military * Daniel B. Moore (1838–1914), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Dan Tyler Moore (1877–1941), U.S. Army officer and aide to President Theodore Roosevelt Music * Daniel Moore (musician) (born 1941), American singer/songwriter * Daniel Martin Moore, American singer and songwriter Politics * Daniel Moore (Great Marlow MP), British Member of Parliament for Great Marlow * Daniel Moore (Ilchester MP), British Member of Parliament for Ilchester * Daniel A. Moore Jr. (1933–1922), justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska * Daniel Charles Moore (1801–1890), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada * Dan K. Moore (1906–1986), North Carolina governor * Danny Roy Moore (1925–c. 2020), member of the Louisiana State Senate Sports * Danny Moore (born 1971), Australian rugby player * Daniel Moore (footballer) (born 1988), Scottish footballer * Dan Moore (American football), American football player Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Morse
Francis Morse, M.A. (18 May 1818 – 18 September 1886) was a priest in the Church of England. Family Francis Morse was the son of Thomas Morse and Elizabeth of Blundeston, Suffolk. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge. He married Clarissa Catharine Gedge on 3 January 1849 in St. Philip's Church, Birmingham, (now St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham). Children were: * Catherine Elizabeth Morse (1850–1936) (married Rev. Hon. William Edward Bowen) * Clara Morse (b. 1851) * Edward St John Morse (1852–1941) (vicar of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford from 1882 - 1940) * Sydney Morse (1 Jun 1854 - 27 Jan 1929) * Harold Morse (b. 1860) * Harriet Emily Morse (b. 1864) * Winifred Mary Morse (b. 1868) * Margaret Ellinor Morse (1870–1931) (married Henry Wilson (architect and designer) * Frances Hilda Morse (b. 1873) Career He was admitted as a deacon by Rt. Revd. Edward Stanley Bishop of Norwich in January 1844 and ordained in 1845 and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Saul Howson
John Saul Howson (5 May 1816 – 1885), British divine, was born at Giggleswick-on-Craven, Yorkshire. Early and private life Howson's father was head-master of Giggleswick School. His nephew George William Saul Howson (1860–1919) was a reforming headmaster of Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, between 1900 and his death. After attending the school, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge. Graduating BA in 1837 and MA in 1840, he became private tutor at Cambridge to the Marquess of Sligo and the Marquess of Lorne. Career In 1845 Howson, having taken orders, accepted the post of senior classical master at the Liverpool College under his friend W. J. Conybeare, whom he succeeded as principal in 1849. This post he held until 1865, and it was largely due to his influence that a similar college for girls was established at Liverpool. On 2 June 1865, Howson was appointed as Honorary Chaplain of the 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1866 he left Liverpool to become v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Merivale
Charles Merivale (8 March 1808 – 27 December 1893) was an English historian and churchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral. He was one of the main instigators of the inaugural Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race which took place at Henley in 1829. Life Early life Merivale was the second son of John Herman Merivale (1770–1844) and Louisa Heath Drury, daughter of Joseph Drury, headmaster of Harrow. He was educated at Harrow School under George Butler from 1818 to 1824, where his chief schoolfriends were Charles Wordsworth and Richard Chenevix Trench. He took part in the Eton versus Harrow cricket match in 1824. In 1824 he was offered a post in the Indian civil service, and went for a short time to Haileybury College, where he did well in Oriental languages. Deciding against an Indian career, he went up to St John's College, Cambridge in 1826. Among other distinctions he came out as fourth classic in 1830, and in 1833 was elected fellow of St John's. He was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lamb (theologian)
John Lamb may refer to: *John Lamb (general) (1735–1800), U.S. Revolutionary War general and Anti-Federalist organizer *John Lamb (Australian politician) (1790–1862), New South Wales politician *John Lamb (congressman) (1840–1924), United States Congressman from Virginia *John Edward Lamb (1852–1914), U.S. Representative from Indiana *John Lamb (architect) (1859–1949), architect based in Nottingham *John Lamb (American football) (1873–1955), American football coach for Emporia State University *John Lamb (rugby union) (1907–1983), rugby union player who represented Australia *John Lamb (musician) (born 1933), jazz double bassist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra *John Lamb (right-handed pitcher) (born 1946), American baseball player *John Lamb (left-handed pitcher) (born 1990), American baseball player *John Lamb (producer), American film producer and director, animator, artist *John Lamb (footballer) (born 1893), English football half back *John Lamb (priest) (1789–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter, then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol. Early life and family Ellicott was born in Whitwell, Rutland on 25 April 1819. He was educated at Stamford School and St John's College, Cambridge. He married Constantia Ann Becher at St Marylebone Parish Church, London on 31 July 1848. One of their children was the composer Rosalind Ellicott. Ecclesiastical career Following his ordination into the Anglican ministry in 1848, he was Vicar of Pilton, Rutland and then Professor of Divinity at King's College London and ''Hulsean Professor of Divinity'' at Cambridge. The chancel of St Nicholas' Church, Pilton was rebuilt in 1852 in 13th-century style. In 1861, he was appointed Dean of Exeter. Two years later he was nominated the bishop of the See of Gloucester and Bristol on 6 February and consecrated on 25 March 1863. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Anthony Swainson
Charles Anthony Swainson (1820–1887) was an English theologian, Principal of Chichester Theological College, Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity, and subsequently Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and a canon of Chichester. His published works deal mainly with the Eastern liturgies and the creeds. Life He was the second son of Anthony Swainson of Liverpool, a merchant and brother of Charles Swainson of Preston. He was educated at the Royal Institution of Liverpool's school, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ... in 1837, graduating B.A. in 1841, M.A. in 1844, and D.D. in 1864. Works ''The Greek liturgies chiefly from original authorities''(Cambridge, 1884) *Several of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
