Swete
Swete is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Barclay Swete (1835–1917), English Biblical scholar and professor of divinity *John Swete (1752–1821), English clergyman, artist, antiquary, and topographer See also *Sweet (other) *Swetes Swetes is located in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. Geography It is the sixth largest town in Antigua and Barbuda. Swetes is located in central Antigua, to the north of Liberta on the road to the town of ...

John Swete
Rev. John Swete (born John Tripe) (baptised 13 August 1752 – 25 October 1821) of Oxton House, Kenton in Devon, was a clergyman, landowner, artist, antiquary, historian and topographer and author of the ''Picturesque Sketches of Devon'' consisting of twenty illustrated journals of Devonshire scenery.Published in four volumes as ''Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete, 1789–1800'', edited by Todd Gray and Margery Rowe (Halsgrove, 1997). He was a connoisseur of landscape gardening, and much of his ''Travel Journals'' consist of his commentary of the success or otherwise of the landscaping ventures of his gentry friends, neighbours and acquaintances in Devon. He himself undertook major building and landscaping works at Oxton. Biography John Tripe was born in 1752, the son Nicholas Tripe, a surgeon in Ashburton, Devon, by his wife Rebecca Yard, according to Swete's ''Journal'' a member of the ancient Devonshire gentry family of Yard of ...
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Henry Barclay Swete
Henry Barclay Swete (14 March 1835 in Bristol – 10 May 1917 in Hitchin) was an English biblical scholar. He became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He is known for his 1906 commentary on the ''Book of Revelation'', and other works of exegesis. Biography Swete was educated at King's College London, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and in 1858 was ordained. From 1858 to 1865 he was assistant curate to his father John Swete at Church of St Andrew, Blagdon, St Andrew's Blagdon in Somerset. Then after some years of work in various country curacies and livings he became in 1869 theological lecturer and tutor at Caius College. In 1881 he became examining chaplain to the Bishop of St. Albans, and the following year was appointed professor of pastoral theology at King's College London. In 1890 he succeeded Brooke Foss Westcott as regius professor at Cambridge, and retained this position until 1915, when he retired with the title of emeritus professor. In Ju ...
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Sweet (other)
Sweet is a basic taste sensation associated with sugars. Sweet may also refer to: Food * Candy or sweets * Confectionery or sweet * Dessert or sweet * Sweet (wine), a sweetness classification Music * The Sweet, a 1970s British glam rock band ** ''The Sweet'' (album) (1973) * ''Sweet'' (Chara album) (1991) * ''Sweet'' (Ken Mellons album) (2004) * "Sweet", a song by Annie from '' Don't Stop'' * "Sweet", a song by Common from ''The Dreamer/The Believer'' People * Sweet (surname) * Sweet Charles Sherrell (born 1943), American bassist * Chun Jung-Hee or Sweet (born 1983), former ''Warcraft III'' player Places * Sweet River, Jamaica * Sweet, Idaho, United States, an unincorporated community Other uses * Sweet (company), a United States travel company * ''Sweet'' (film), a 2000 short film by James Pilkington starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt * Swedish ethyl acetate method, a method of chemical analysis * Sweet crude oil, petroleum with less than 0.42% sulfur * Sweet, a ...
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